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Chip (snack or splinter)

A thin, crunchy slice of fried potato snack, or a splinter flaked off wood or stone.

First in use: c. 1817
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Integrated circuit

An integrated circuit (IC) fabricated on a micro-scale semiconductor wafer containing billions of etched transistors.

First in use: c. 1958

Chip / Chip (snack or splinter) / Integrated circuit

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Which meaning of Chip is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Chip (snack or splinter) came first (c. 1817). Integrated circuit arrived in 1958. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Chip (snack or splinter)

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