Pip, PIP, Pips, PIPS, and similar, may refer to:

Common meanings

* Pip, colloquial name for the star(s) worn on military uniform as part of rank badge, as in the

British Army officer rank insignia Listed in the table below are the military rank, rank insignia of the British Army. Badges for Senior officer, field officers were introduced in 1810 and the insignia was moved to the epaulettes in 1880. On ceremonial or parade uniforms these ran ...

or with many Commonwealth police agencies * The

seed In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be Sowing, sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds ...

of some fruits *

Pip (counting) Pips are small but easily countable items, such as the dots on dominoes and dice, or the symbols on a playing card that denote its suit and value. Playing cards In playing cards, pips are small symbols on the front side of the cards that de ...

, a small but easily countable item, such as the dots on dice or symbols on playing cards * Pip, a dot on a domino tile, refer Glossary of domino terms

Arts, entertainment and media

* "Pip" (''South Park''), a 2000 episode of ''South Park'' * The Pips, the backing singers in the musical group

Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips were an American Rhythm and blues, R&B, soul music, soul, and funk family music group from Atlanta, Georgia, that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for over three decades starting from the early ...

* Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies, an art group * PiP Animation Services, a Canadian animation studio * The Pip, the nickname of a clandestine radio station of Russian origin * BBC Pips or ''The Pips'', a timing signal broadcast by the BBC

Finance and management

Percentage in point In foreign exchange markets (forex), a percentage in point (pip) is a unit of change in an exchange rate of a currency pair. A pip is the smallest whole unit price move that an exchange rate can make, based on forex market convention. It's impo ...

, a currency exchange rate fluctuation *

Performance improvement plan Performance improvement is measuring the output of a particular business process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure. Perform ...

, a management technique *

Personal Independence Payment Personal Independence Payment (abbreviated to PIP and usually pronounced as one word) is a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help working-aged people 16 and over with the extra costs of living with a health condition or a ...

, a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom * Personal injury protection, a type of car insurance *

Policy-ineffectiveness proposition The policy-ineffectiveness proposition (PIP) is a new classical theory proposed in 1975 by Thomas J. Sargent and Neil Wallace based upon the theory of rational expectations, which posits that monetary policy cannot systematically manage the levels ...

, an economic theory

People

* Pip, diminutive of

Philip Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...

or Phillipa *

Pip (nickname) Pip is a name of English origin. It is a nickname for individuals named Philip or Philippa Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend", from the Greek Philippos, which is derived from ''philein'', meaning to lo ...

, a list of people with the nickname * Pip (musician) (born 1992), contestant on Season 2 of NBC's TV show ''The Voice'' * Pip Devonshire (born 1966), New Zealand weaver * Pip Millett, English musician Georgia Willacy *

Pip Simmonds Pip Simmonds is a New Zealand freestyle skier. She was the New Zealand freestyle and half-pipe champion for many years. Simmonds represented New Zealand as a finalist at the US Open. Pip is not only a freeskier. She also makes jewelry out of ...

, New Zealand freestyle skier *

Scroobius Pip David Peter Meads (born 3 August 1981), known professionally as Scroobius Pip, is an English actor and podcaster as well as a former spoken word poet and hip hop recording artist from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. He first gained prominence as one ...

(born 1981), alias of rapper David Meads *

Josef Priller Josef "Pips" Priller (; 27 July 1915 – 20 May 1961) was a German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 101 enemy aircraft shot down in 307 combat missions. All of his ...

(1915–1961), German fighter ace nicknamed "Pips"

Fictional characters

* Pip (''Great Expectations''), Philip Pirrip from the Charles Dickens' novel ''Great Expectations'' * Pip Pirrup, a student at South Park Elementary in ''South Park'' * Pip (''Moby-Dick'' character) *

Peregrin Took Peregrin Took, commonly known simply as Pippin, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel ''The Lord of the Rings''. He is closely tied with his friend and cousin, Merry Brandybuck, and the two are together during most of ...

, (Pippin) in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy ''The Lord of the Rings'' * Pip, a major character in ''The Railway Series'' of books * Pip, in the British newspaper strip cartoon ''

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred ''Pip, Squeak and Wilfred'' was a British strip cartoon published in the ''Daily Mirror'' from 1919 to 1956 (with a break c. 1940–1950), as well as the '' Sunday Pictorial'' in the early years. It was conceived by Bertram Lamb, who took the ro ...

'' * Pip (''Chrono Cross'') *

Pip the Troll Pip the Troll is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Eternals'' (2021), voiced by Patton Oswalt. Publication history Pip the T ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Pip, in the '' Grailquest'' gamebook series * Pip Bernadotte, in the manga ''Hellsing'' * Pip, an ''Animaniacs'' character * Pip, in the Nickelodeon animated show ''

Back at the Barnyard ''Back at the Barnyard'' (originally advertised as ''Barnyard: The Series'') is an American animated television series created and executively produced by filmmaker Steve Oedekerk based on the 2006 film '' Barnyard'', which he wrote, co-produc ...

'' * Pip, a nickname of Chiana, in the Australian television series ''

Farscape ''Farscape'' is an Australian-American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Hallmark Entertainment, originally for the Nine Network. It prem ...

'' * Pip, in the film '' The Halloween Tree'' * Pip, a persona featured on the Tori Amos album ''

American Doll Posse ''American Doll Posse'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released in 2007 by Epic Records. A concept album, ''American Doll Posse'' sees Amos assuming the identity of five different female personalities inspired ...

'' * Pips, a fictional fairy in the animated film '' FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' and its sequel * Pip, an animated chipmunk in the Disney live-action/animated film '' Enchanted'' * Pip, an otter in the television series ''

Bear in the Big Blue House ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' is an American children's television series created by Mitchell Kriegman and produced by Jim Henson Television for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney preschool television block. Debuting on October 20, 1997, it a ...

'' * Pip the Penguin, in the animated series '' T.O.T.S.'' * Pip, from ''The Twilight Zone'' (1959) episode " A Nice Place to Visit"

Schools

* Pakistan International Public School and College (PIPS), a private residential school in Abbottabad, Pakistan *

Pakistan Institute of Physics Pakistan Institute of Physics (PIP) of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore is a national research institute in Pakistan. It is a scientific charity devoted to increase the practice and understanding of physics. It is the main an ...

, a physics research institute of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in Pakistan

Politics and government

* Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services, a Pakistani government institution * Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, a Pakistani non-governmental organization * Police information point, a kiosk run by British police * Peruvian Investigative Police, a plainclothes police unit *

Puerto Rican Independence Party The Puerto Rican Independence Party (, PIP) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. Those who follow the PIP ideology are usually called ''independentist ...

, a political party *

, a British welfare benefit

Science and technology

Greenwich Time Signal The Greenwich Time Signal (GTS), popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones (or "pips") broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations to mark the precise start of each hour. The pips were introduced in 1924, gene ...

, popularly known as the pips * Predicted impact point, the location at which a projectile is expected to strike * Profile ignition pickup, a term in automotive technology * Proper indecomposable past set, a causal relation in a Lorentzian manifold *

Picture-in-picture Picture-in-picture (PiP) is a feature that can be found in television receivers, personal computers, and smartphones. It consists of a video stream playing within an inset window, freeing the rest of the screen for other tasks. For televisions, ...

, a video stream playing within an inset window of a TV or device screen

Biology and medicine

* Peak inspiratory pressure (P_IP), in mechanical ventilation * Plasma membrane intrinsic protein, a class of plant

aquaporins Aquaporins, also called water channels, are channel proteins from a larger protein family, family of major intrinsic proteins that form Ion channel pore, pores in the cell membrane, membrane of cell (biology), biological cells, mainly facilitati ...

* Poly Implant Prothèse, a former French breast implants manufacturer * Polymerization induced phase separation * Prolactin-induced protein, a protein in humans * Proximal interphalangeal joints,

interphalangeal joints of the hand The interphalangeal joints of the hand are the hinge joints between the phalanges of the fingers that provide flexion towards the palm of the hand. There are two sets in each finger (except in the thumb, which has only one joint): * "proximal i ...

* Pairwise-invasibility plot in evolutionary invasion analysis * Psychosis-intermittent hyponatremia-polydipsia (PIP) syndrome * Pug impression pad, an object used for the census of tigers

Computing

* Peripheral Interchange Program, a DEC and CP/M file transfer utility *

Point in polygon In computational geometry, the point-in-polygon (PIP) problem asks whether a given point in the plane lies inside, outside, or on the boundary of a polygon. It is a special case of point location problems and finds applications in areas that deal ...

, a concept in computational geometry * Policy Information Point, in eXtensible Access Control Markup Language * Private Internet Protocol *

pip (package manager) pip (also known by Python 3's alias pip3) is a package-management system written in Python and is used to install and manage software packages. The Python Software Foundation recommends using pip for installing Python applications and its ...

, a Python package installer * P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian, known as P.I.P.S. * Precision Time Protocol Industry Profile, an IEC 62439-3 standard

Other uses

* Battle of the Pips, an incident in World War II *

Palisades Interstate Parkway The Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) is a controlled-access parkway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. The parkway is a major commuter route into New York City from Rockland and Orange counties in New York and Bergen County in ...

, a highway in New York and New Jersey, United States * Pip Cliffs, Graham Land, Antarctica * IATA code for Pilot Point Airport, Pilot Point, Alaska, United States