chicken bit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bit on a chip that can be used to disable one of the features of the chip if it proves faulty or negatively impacts performance.
    — As an example, modules such as branch predictors and speculative execution units can be turned off with a variant of the “chicken bits”, control bits common to many design developments to control the activation of specific features.

词形变化

chicken bits plural

词源

From chicken, in the sense of chicken out.
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