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Meaning of chunking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
    countable, uncountable
  3. 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
  4. The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
    countable, uncountable
  5. The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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