V-chip

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Meaning 1.4 Translations 1.5 Further Reading

English

Noun

V-chip

Etymology

Stands for violence chip, coined by Tim Collings.

Meaning

1. Censorship. A form of censorship, or rather censorware, promoted by the William Jefferson Clinton Administration and devised by Tim Collings as a way to allow parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.

Translations

• Chinese: V 芯片 (V xinpian)
• French: V-morceau
• Japanese: Vチップ
• Spanish: V-viruta

Further Reading

• Wikipedia article on 'V-Chip'