Clip or CLIP may refer to:

Fasteners

* Hair clip, a device used to hold hair together or attaching materials such as caps to the hair * Binder clip, a device used for holding thicker materials (such as large volumes of paper) together ** Bulldog clip, a common binder clip * Paper clip, 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 holder used for smoking a cannabis cigarette * Bread clip, 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, pre-made images used in graphic arts * Media clip, 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 t ...

* ''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, a protein involved in MHC class II assembly and transport to the cell membrane * Corticotropin-like intermediate peptide, an endogenous neuropeptide * Cross-linking immunoprecipitation, a method used in molecular biology to locate RNA modifications among others * Cancer Likelihood in Plasma

Computing and telecommunications

Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training DALL-E (stylized as DALL·E) and DALL-E 2 are deep learning models developed by OpenAI to generate digital images from natural language descriptions, called "prompts". DALL-E was revealed by OpenAI in a blog post in January 2021, and uses a ver ...

, an image recognition artificial intelligence system *

Clip (compiler) Clip or CLIP may refer to: Fasteners * Hair clip, a device for holding hair together or attaching materials such as caps to the hair * Binder clip, a device for holding thicker materials (such as large volumes of paper) together ** Bulldog cl ...

, a multi-platform compiler for the Clipper programming language * CLIPS, 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 is ...

technology * Clips (software) a video editing software application created by Apple Inc.

Other uses in science and technology

Clip (ammunition) A clip is a device that is used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit for insertion into the magazine or cylinder of a firearm. This speeds up the process by loading the firearm with several rounds at once, rather than one at ...

, a device for storing multiple rounds together as a unit before inserting into a magazine or cylinder * Caribbean large igneous province, in geology, a major flood basalt * Confirmed line item performance, 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, 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