V-chip

[ vee-chip ]

/ ˈviˌtʃɪp /

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noun

a computer chip or other electronic device that blocks the reception of violent or sexually explicit television shows.

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Origin of V-chip

1990–95; v(iolent) or v(iolence) + chip¹ (in the sense “a microprocessor or integrated circuit”

Words nearby V-chip

vb., VBAC, V block, VC, VCD, V-chip, vCJD, VCR, VD, V-Day, VDC

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How to use V-chip in a sentence

Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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Late former governors of NY, TX starred in a 1994 snack chip ad.
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Can you chip away at the distrust of the police among black people?
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Add a pop of color with a bright violet v-neck blouse from 3.1 Phillip Lim.
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U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
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The unindustrious pupil imagines that “p” represents 8, and not “f” or “v,” and translates 1845 into “To pour oil” .
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The action of the springs now serves to close the valves V, V1, and to open out the motor M, whereupon the process is repeated.
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The air in the chamber will press upon the back of the valve V, tending to keep it closed.
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Illustrated with a map, 14 full-page and 46 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown.
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British Dictionary definitions for V-chip

V-chip

noun

a device within a television set that allows the set to be programmed not to receive transmissions that have been classified as containing sex, violence, or obscene language

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Cultural definitions for V-chip

V-chip

A congressionally mandated embedded microchip for television sets that automatically blocks sexual or violent programming when activated.

notes for V-chip

As of 2002, all TV sets sold in the United States contained a V-chip.