Home › Words › M › modchipmodchipmodchip means A computer chip or similar hardware device used to modify the behaviour of a games console.EtymologyFrom mod + chip.nounA computer chip or similar hardware device used to modify the behaviour of a games console.e.g.“Installing a new hard drive would require a modchip that can reprogram or bypass the hard drive lock.” — 2003, Andrew Huang, Hacking the Xbox: an introduction to reverse engineering:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).