Chunk

Definitions

1. A contiguous block of data treated as a single unit during processing, storage, or transfer. Chunking is used to break large datasets into manageable pieces for streaming, parallel processing, or memory-efficient operations.

   In plain English: A piece of a larger file or dataset that gets processed on its own, like reading a book one chapter at a time instead of all at once.

   Example: "We stream the file in 64KB chunks so we never hold the whole thing in memory."

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