subchunk
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editsubchunk (plural subchunks)
- (computing) A chunk (block of data) forming part of a larger chunk.
- 1996, Michael Morrison, Randy Weems, Windows 95 game developer's guide using the game SDK:
- GetData goes down into the data subchunk as well, as can be seen in Listing 14.7.
- 1999, Michael D Root, James R Boer, DirectX complete:
- A LIST chunk is another parent chunk that may include several subchunks as well.