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'''[[wikipedia:CHIP-8|CHIP-8]]''' is an [[wikipedia:Interpreter_(computing)|interpreted]] [[wikipedia:Programming_language|programming language]], developed by Joseph Weisbecker.
CHIP-8 was designed to use little memory, Joseph Weisbecker comparing a program he created in CHIP-8 to one in less resources than programming languages like [[wikipedia:BASIC|BASIC]]. With the CHIP<ref>[https://archive.org/details/byte-8 implentation using less memorymagazine-1978-12/page/n109/mode/2up "An Easy Programming System"] [[wikipedia:Byte_(magazine)|BYTE]] volume. 3, issue 12. December 1978. </ref>
Microcomputers with CHIP-8 support are listed [[#Computers with CHIP-8 support|here]], for other implentations see [[#Interpreters|interpreters]]
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For the [[wikipedia:COSMAC VIP|COSMAC VIP]]: CHIP-10, Hi-res CHIP-8, CHIP-8E, CHIP-8X<br>For other the [[wikipedia:HP-48|HP-48]]: CHIP-48, {{hovertext|SUPER-CHIP|A.K.A S-CHIP or SCHIP}} (1.0 and 1.1)<br>
For other platforms: XO-CHIP
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