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-chip
Plural:
v-chips

Origin 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

Words Near V-chip in the Dictionary