Chip
Chip noun - A small flat piece separated from a whole.
Usage example: wood chips were spread over the ground between the plants
Disk
Disk noun - Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.
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Synonyms for Disk
Nearby Words: diskette, disking, disked, diskless
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Unlike the "fuse" chip in the disk drives (which was socketed), the power switch was not user-replacable.
Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming -
Carroll's backup disk, which (fortunately for the population of Earth) is also his Morality Chip.
Source: Video Game / Perfect Dark - After Roberta's "death", Chip reveals that he read all of her data with his magnetic finger and saved it to a floppy disk, preserving Roberta's memories and personality.
Source: Disney Death / Disney
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