Clip or CLIP may refer to:

Fasteners

Hair clip A barrette (American English), also known as a hair slide (British English), or a hair clip, is a clasp for holding hair in place. They are often made from metal or plastic and sometimes feature decorative fabric. In one type of barrette, a cla ...

, a device used to hold hair together or attaching materials such as caps to the hair *

Binder clip A binder clip, less commonly known as a paper clamp or foldover clip or bobby clip or clasp, is a simple device for binding sheets of paper together. It leaves the paper intact and can be removed quickly and easily, unlike the staple. In the ...

, a device used for holding thicker materials (such as large volumes of paper) together **

Bulldog clip A bulldog clip is a device for temporarily but firmly binding sheets of paper together. It consists of a rectangular sheet of springy steel curved into a cylinder, with two flat steel strips inserted to form combined handles and jaws. The user ...

, a common binder clip *

Paper clip A paper clip (or paperclip) is a tool used to hold sheets of paper together, usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape (though some are covered in plastic). Most paper clips are variations of the ''Gem'' type introduced in the 1890s or e ...

, a device for holding several sheets of paper together *

Crocodile clip Alligator clip A crocodile clip or alligator clip is a plier-like spring-tensioned metal clip with elongated, serrated jaws that is used for creating a temporary electrical connection. This simple mechanical device gets its name from the re ...

, or "alligator clip", a temporary electrical connector *

Circlip A circlip (a portmanteau of "circle" and "clip"), also known as a C-clip, Rotor Clip, snap ring or Jesus clip, is a type of fastener or retaining ring consisting of a semi-flexible metal ring with open ends which can be snapped into place, int ...

, a semi-flexible metal ring fastener used to hold a pin in place *

Roach clip A joint (), also commonly referred to as a "doobie" or "doob", is a rolled cannabis cigarette. Unlike commercial tobacco cigarettes, the user ordinarily hand-rolls joints with rolling papers, though in some cases they are machine-rolled ...

, a holder used for smoking a cannabis cigarette *

Bread clip A bread clip is a device used to hold plastic bags closed, such as those in which sliced bread is commonly packaged. They are also commonly called bread tags, bread tabs, bread ties, bread buckles, or bread-bag clips. By sealing a bag more secure ...

, a device for closing bags * Rail clip, a rail fastener * Money clip, a device for storing cash and credit cards in a very compact fashion

Arts and entertainment

Clip art Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is creat ...

, pre-made images used in graphic arts *

Media clip Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...

, a short segment of electronic media, either an audio clip or a video clip **

Video clip Video clips refer to mostly short videos, most of the time called memes, which are short videos of silly jokes and funny clips, most of the time coming from movies or any entertainment videos such as YouTube. The term is also used more loosely to ...

* ''Clip'' (film), a 2012 film * ''Clips'' (game show), a game show that aired on YTV from 1993 to 1996

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Class II-associated invariant chain peptide CLIP or Class II-associated invariant chain peptide is the part of the invariant chain (Ii) that binds to the peptide binding groove of MHC class II and remains there until the MHC receptor is fully assembled. CLIP is one of the most prevalent se ...

, a protein involved in MHC class II assembly and transport to the cell membrane *

Corticotropin-like intermediate peptide Corticotropin-like intermediate obepeptide (CLIP), also known as adrenocorticotropic hormone fragment 18-39 (ACTH(18-39)), is a naturally occurring, endogenous neuropeptide with a docosapeptide structure and the amino acid sequence Arg-Pro-Val-L ...

, an endogenous neuropeptide *

Cross-linking immunoprecipitation Cross-linking immunoprecipitation (CLIP) is a method used in molecular biology that combines UV cross-linking with immunoprecipitation in order to analyse protein interactions with RNA or to precisely locate RNA modifications (e.g. m6A). CLIP-base ...

, a method used in molecular biology to locate RNA modifications among others * Cancer Likelihood in Plasma

Computing and telecommunications

* Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training, an image recognition artificial intelligence system * Clip (compiler), a multi-platform compiler for the Clipper programming language *

CLIPS CLIPS is a public domain software tool for building expert systems. The name is an acronym for "C Language Integrated Production System." The syntax and name were inspired by Charles Forgy's OPS5. The first versions of CLIPS were developed st ...

, a software tool for building expert systems, including the programming language COOL * Calling line identification presentation, a

Caller ID Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call i ...

technology *

Clips (software) Clips is a mobile video editing software application created by Apple Inc. It was released onto the iOS App Store on April 6, 2017, for free. Initially, it was only available on 64-bit devices running iOS 10.3 or later; as of version 3.1.3, it ...

a video editing software application created by Apple Inc.

Other uses in science and technology

* Clip (ammunition), a device for storing multiple rounds together as a unit before inserting into a magazine or cylinder *

Caribbean large igneous province The Caribbean large igneous province (CLIP) consists of a major flood basalt, which created this large igneous province (LIP). It is the source of the current large eastern Pacific oceanic plateau, of which the Caribbean-Colombian oceanic plateau i ...

, in geology, a major flood basalt *

Confirmed line item performance The Confirmed Line Item Performance (CLIP) is one of the diagnostic metrics for perfect order fulfillment which defines the supply chain delivery reliability measurement between facilities within a supply chain. Those facilities may belong to one ...

, a measure of the reliability of supply chain delivery * Continuous Liquid Interface Production, a form of additive manufacturing that uses photo polymerization

Other uses

Cupertino Language Immersion Program Cupertino Language Immersion Program (CLIP) is an alternative K-8 education program located at John Muir Elementary School (K-5) and Joaquin Miller Middle School (6-8) in the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD). CLIP is the oldest public Mandari ...

, a K-8 program in the Cupertino Union School District, California *

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division in the league's Western Conference. The Clipper ...

basketball team, nicknamed Clips