V-chip Definition
vēchĭp
noun
A microchip in a TV receiver, for detecting an embedded program rating and then blocking the reception of programs whose content may not be suitable for younger viewers.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of V-chip
Noun
Singular:
V-chipPlural:
v-chipsOrigin of V-chip
Stands for violence chip, coined and devised by Tim Collings, promoted by the William Jefferson Clinton Administration.
From Wiktionary
v(iewer) v(iolence) chip
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
