# chomp

> English word · Noun · IPA /tʃɒmp/ · frequency rank #51,020

## Definitions
1. The act of chomping (see below)
2. A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chomp