chunking
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Chunking is the reason that phone numbers are broken into two parts plus an area code and that credit card numbers are split into groups of four."