modchip
Noun
A computer chip or similar hardware device used to modify the behaviour of a games console.
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Installing a new hard drive would require a modchip that can reprogram or bypass the hard drive lock.
The goal of this hack is to install a modchip into your Xbox.
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Sony argued that the access code reader was a 'technological protection measure' and that the 'modchip' was a 'circumvention device'.
Word forms
modchips