MEMORY CHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does memory chip mean? 

• MEMORY CHIP (noun)
  The noun MEMORY CHIP has 1 sense:

1. a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory

  Familiarity information: MEMORY CHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMORY CHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("memory chip" is a kind of...):

chip; micro chip; microchip; microprocessor chip; silicon chip (electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "memory chip"):

read-only memory chip (a memory chip providing read-only memory)