A chunk is a fragment of information which is used in many multimedia file formats, such as PNG, IFF, MP3 and AVI.
Following the header is a variable area containing data, which is decoded by the program from the parameters in the header.
[2] Chunks may also be fragments of information which are downloaded or managed by P2P programs.
In distributed computing, a chunk is a set of data which is sent to a processor or one of the parts of a computer for processing.
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