MIP may refer to:

Science

Mixed integer programming Linear programming (LP), also called linear optimization, is a method to achieve the best outcome (such as maximum profit or lowest cost) in a mathematical model whose requirements are represented by linear relationships. Linear programming is ...

, linear programming where some variables are constrained to be integers *

Minimum Ionizing Particle In nuclear and materials physics, stopping power is the retarding force acting on charged particles, typically alpha and beta particles, due to interaction with matter, resulting in loss of particle kinetic energy. Its application is important i ...

, in particle physics *

Maximum intensity projection In scientific visualization, a maximum intensity projection (MIP) is a method for 3D data that projects in the visualization plane the voxels with maximum intensity that fall in the way of parallel rays traced from the viewpoint to the plane of p ...

, a computer visualization method *

Molecularly imprinted polymer A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) is a polymer that has been processed using the molecular imprinting technique which leaves cavities in the polymer matrix with an affinity for a chosen "template" molecule. The process usually involves initiati ...

, polymers processed using the molecular imprinting technique with affinity to a chosen 'template molecule' *

Moon Impact Probe The Moon Impact Probe (MIP) developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India's national space agency, was a lunar probe that was released by ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 lunar remote sensing orbiter which in turn was launched, on 22 ...

, of the Indian lunar satellite Chandrayaan-1 * Model Intercomparison Project; see

Coupled model intercomparison project In climatology, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) is a collaborative framework designed to improve knowledge of climate change. It was organized in 1995 by the Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) of the World Climate Researc ...

* MIP, an interactive proof system complexity class; see

Interactive proof system In computational complexity theory, an interactive proof system is an abstract machine that models computation as the exchange of messages between two parties: a ''prover'' and a ''verifier''. The parties interact by exchanging messages in order t ...

* Mars ISPP Precursor, a test payload intended to be flown on the cancelled

Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander The Mars Surveyor 2001 project was a multi-part Mars exploration mission intended as a follow-up to Mars Surveyor '98. After the two probes of the 1998 project, Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander, were both lost, NASA's "better, faster, ...

Biology

Macrophage inflammatory protein Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins (MIP) belong to the family of chemotactic cytokines known as chemokines. In humans, there are two major forms, MIP-1α and MIP-1β that are now (according to the new nomenclature) officially named CCL3 and CCL4 ...

, in biology *

Maximum Inspiratory Pressure Spirometry (meaning ''the measuring of breath'') is the most common of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs). It measures lung function, specifically the amount (volume) and/or speed (flow) of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Spirometry is h ...

, the maximum inspiratory pressure is the highest atmospheric pressure developed during inspiration against an occluded airway * Methylation induced premeiotically *

Mid-inguinal point The mid-inguinal point (MIP) is located on the inguinal ligament, halfway between the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and the pubic symphysis. It is not to be confused with the midpoint of the inguinal ligament itself, which is located halfwa ...

* Molecular Inversion Probe *

Mitochondrial intermediate peptidase Mitochondrial intermediate peptidase (, ''mitochondrial intermediate precursor-processing proteinase'', ''MIP'') is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction : Release of an N-terminal octapeptide as second stage of proces ...

, an enzyme *

MIP (gene) Lens fiber major intrinsic protein also known as aquaporin-0 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''MIP'' gene. Function Major intrinsic protein is a member of the water-transporting aquaporins as well as the original member of the MIP ...

, a gene in humans * Microprotein, a small protein encoded from small open reading frames

Arts and entertainment

Mipcom MIPCOM (Marché International des Programmes de Communication, English: International Market of Communications Programmes) is an annual trade show held in the French town of Cannes, traditionally in the month of October and running for 4 days. I ...

, a TV and entertainment market *

museum in progress museum in progress is a private art association based in Vienna. The non-profit art initiative was created in 1990 by Kathrin Messner and Josef Ortner († 2009) with the aim to develop new presentation forms for contemporary art. The projects ...

, a non-commercial art association, based in Vienna *

Most Improved Player (disambiguation) In some sports, a Most Improved Player award is given to players who have improved the most over the year. * Greek Basket League Most Improved Player * Israeli Basketball Premier League Most Improved Player * NBA Most Improved Player Award The ...

Business

Mortgage insurance Mortgage insurance (also known as mortgage guarantee and home-loan insurance) is an insurance policy which compensates lenders or investors in mortgage-backed securities for losses due to the default of a mortgage loan. Mortgage insurance can be ...

premium *

Managers in Partnership Managers in Partnership (MIP) is a British Trades Union for healthcare managers. It was launched in 2005 as a joint venture by UNISON, the largest public service union, and FDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is ...

(MIP), a British trade union for healthcare managers * ''

Managing Intellectual Property ''Managing Intellectual Property'' (also known as Managing IP or MIP) is a monthly magazine published in English and specializes in intellectual property.Managing Intellectual Property website''About us'' Consulted on June 27, 2018 Jeremy Phill ...

'', a monthly magazine specialized in intellectual property law and business * Master in Ingegneria della Produzione (MIP), Politecnico di Milano School of Management * Mint in Package; a collectors' abbreviation; see Mint condition

Government and politics

Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure The Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) was introduced by the European Union in autumn 2011 amidst the economic and financial crisis, and entered into force on 13 December 2011. It is designed to prevent and correct risky macroeconomic develo ...

, a European Union economic governance procedure *

Minor in Possession In the United States, a Minor in Possession or a MIP (also referred to as a Possession of Alcohol Under the Legal Age or PAULA), is any person under the legal drinking age of 21 who possesses or consumes alcohol. Underage consumption is illega ...

, in U.S. law, obtaining alcohol while under age *

Multilateral Interoperability Programme The Multilateral Interoperability Programme (MIP) is an effort to deliver an assured capability for interoperability of information to support multinational, combined and joint operations. The MIP goal is to support all levels from corps to batta ...

, a consortium of 29 NATO and Non-NATO nations *

Popular Independent Movement The Popular Independent Movement (french: Mouvement indépendant populaire), abbreviated to MIP, was a Luxembourgish single-issue political party in the 1960s. It sought to represent the interests of the 12,000 people who had been conscripted into ...

(), a Luxembourgian political party in the 1960s

Technology

* Male Iron Pipe, a plumbing pipe connection to an FIP (Female Iron Pipe); see

National Pipe Thread American National Standard Pipe Thread standards, often called national pipe thread standards for short, are United States national technical standards for screw threads used on threaded pipes and pipe fittings. They include both tapered and stra ...

* Mega-frame Initialization Packet, an MPEG-2 Transport Stream packet used for synchronization in DVB-T

single-frequency network A single-frequency network or SFN is a broadcast network where several transmitters simultaneously send the same signal over the same frequency channel. Analog AM and FM radio broadcast networks as well as digital broadcast networks can operate ...

s * Memory in Pixel, a type of

liquid crystal display A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly but ...

Mipmap In computer graphics, mipmaps (also MIP maps) or pyramids are pre-calculated, optimized sequences of images, each of which is a progressively lower resolution representation of the previous. The height and width of each image, or level, in the ...

(multum in parvo, much in little space), a sequences of images, each of which is a progressively lower resolution than the previous *

Mobile IP Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. Mobile IP for IPv4 is desc ...