chomp.
The act of chomping (see below)
Meaning & usage
The act of chomping (see below)
A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
An IPv6 address is represented as eight hexadecimal chomps.
Where this word comes from
U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.
To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
Where this word comes from
U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.
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