microchip
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1. electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | biochip, |
| definition | : | a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dna chip, gene chip, |
| definition | : | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | memory chip, |
| definition | : | a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | microprocessor, |
| definition | : | integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | integrated circuit, microcircuit, |
| definition | : | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component (noun.artifact) |
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