microchunk en · NOUN
Etymology
From micro- + chunk.
Meanings
- A very small piece.
- Part of a product or service made available separately from its traditional package.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| microchunks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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microchunk en · VERB
Etymology
From micro- + chunk.
Meanings
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(transitive) To split up a product or service sold traditionally as a package.
If I were a television executive right now, I'd take my content, microchunk it, put a couple calls to a video ad server in the middle of it, and let it go wherever it wants to go.
2005, November 5, Fred Wilson, "The Future of Media (aka Please Take My RSS Feed)", AVC (blog)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| microchunked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| microchunked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| microchunks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| microchunking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |