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
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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
The following is a glossary of terms used in dominoes. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous regional or local slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific, i.e. specific to one particular version of dominoes, but ap ...
Arts, entertainment and media
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"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 ...
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Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies
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Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies (PIPS), sometimes referred to as "People Interested in Participatory Societies," is a small collective of artists in Providence, Rhode Island which promotes art ...
, an art group
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PiP Animation Services
PiP Animation Services Inc. is a Canadian full-service animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario. Its most notable work includes the PBS Kids series ''Cyberchase'' and ''The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!''. A Puffin serves as their masco ...
, a Canadian animation studio
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The Pip, the nickname of a clandestine radio station of Russian origin
*
BBC Pips
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 ...
or ''The Pips'', a timing signal broadcast by the BBC
Finance and management
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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
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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
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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
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Personal injury protection
Personal injury protection (PIP) is an extension of car insurance available in some U.S. states that covers medical expenses and, in some cases, lost wages and other damages. PIP is sometimes referred to as "no-fault" coverage, because the statute ...
, a type of car insurance
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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
Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend", from the Greek Philippos, which is derived from ''philein'', meaning to love and ''hippos'', meaning ''horse''. The English masculine form is Philip, which was formerl ...
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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)
Phillip Andrew Arnold (born April 26, 1992, in Marietta, Georgia), known professionally as Pip, is an American, funk-pop artist who participated in season 2 of '' The Voice'' as part of Team Adam Levine.
Early life
During their childhood, Pip ...
(born 1992), contestant on Season 2 of NBC's TV show ''The Voice''
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Pip Devonshire
Pip Devonshire (born 1966) is a New Zealand weaver, curator and weaving tutor. Part of the iwi (tribes) of Ngāti Te Au, Ngāti Manomano and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Devonshire descends from several notable weavers. She began weaving in the ...
(born 1966), New Zealand weaver
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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
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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
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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
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Pip (''Great Expectations''), Philip Pirrip from the Charles Dickens' novel ''Great Expectations''
*
Pip Pirrup
''South Park'' is an American adult animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central cable television, television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenn ...
, a student at South Park Elementary in ''South Park''
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Pip (''Moby-Dick'' character)
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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'')
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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
''The Halloween Tree'' is a 1972 fantasy novel by American author Ray Bradbury, which traces the history of Samhain and Halloween. The novel was adapted as a 1993 film, and an annual Halloween Tree has been exhibited at Disneyland in Californi ...
''
* 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.
''T.O.T.S.'', also known as ''Tiny Ones Transport Service'', is an American animated children's television series created by Travis Braun. The series debuted on Disney Junior on June 14, 2019. It focuses on Pip and his friend Freddy who tend ba ...
''
* Pip, from ''The Twilight Zone'' (1959) episode "
A Nice Place to Visit
"A Nice Place to Visit" is episode 28 of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. The episode first aired on CBS on April 15, 1960. The title comes from the saying, "It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live ...
"
Schools
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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
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Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services, a Pakistani government institution
*
Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies
The Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) is a non-governmental organisation based in Islamabad, Pakistan, dedicated to promoting peace and tolerance in the country. The organization was founded in 2006 and has since then been involved in v ...
, a Pakistani non-governmental organization
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Police information point, a kiosk run by British police
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Peruvian Investigative Police
The Peruvian Investigative Police () was a Peruvian plainclothes police unit, similar to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which was meant to investigate crimes, gather intelligence, and fight subversion. In 1988, the PIP wa ...
, a plainclothes police unit
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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
*
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 British welfare benefit
Science and technology
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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 predicted impact point (PIP) is the location that a ballistic projectile (e.g. bomb, missile, bullet) is expected to strike if fired. The PIP is almost always actively determined by a targeting computer, which then projects a PIP marker (a "pip ...
, the location at which a projectile is expected to strike
*
Profile ignition pickup, a term in automotive technology
*
Proper indecomposable past set
In mathematical physics, the causal structure of a Lorentzian manifold describes the possible causal relationships between points in the manifold.
Lorentzian manifolds can be classified according to the types of causal structures they admit (''cau ...
, a causal relation in a Lorentzian manifold
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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
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Peak inspiratory pressure Peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) is the highest level of pressure applied to the lungs during inhalation. In mechanical ventilation the number reflects a positive pressure in centimeters of water pressure (cm H2O). In normal breathing, it may somet ...
(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
Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) was a French company founded in 1991 that produced silicone gel breast implants. The company was preemptively liquidated in 2010 following the revelation that they had been illegally manufacturing and selling breas ...
, a former French breast implants manufacturer
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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
Evolutionary invasion analysis, also known as adaptive dynamics, is a set of mathematical modeling techniques that use differential equations to study the long-term evolution of traits in asexually and sexually reproducing populations. It res ...
*
Psychosis-intermittent hyponatremia-polydipsia (PIP) syndrome
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Pug impression pad A pug impression pad (PIP) is made by preparing a layer of fine soil about 2 cm thick on forest paths so that animals will leave good footprint impressions. PIPs are widely used in India for the census of tigers.Choudhury, S. R. (1970) The Tige ...
, an object used for the census of tigers
Computing
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Peripheral Interchange Program
Peripheral Interchange Program (PIP) was a utility to transfer files on and between devices on Digital Equipment Corporation's computers. It was first implemented on the PDP-6 architecture by Harrison "Dit" Morse early in the 1960s. It was subse ...
, a DEC and CP/M file transfer utility
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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
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Policy Information Point, in eXtensible Access Control Markup Language
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Private Internet Protocol
PIP in telecommunications and datacommunications stands for Private Internet Protocol or Private IP. PIP refers to connectivity into a private extranet network which by its design emulates the functioning of the Internet. Specifically, the Int ...
*
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
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P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian
P.I.P.S. is a term (recursive acronym) for Symbian software libraries, and means "P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian OS". It is intended to help C language programmers in migration of desktop and server middleware, applications to Symbian OS based ...
, known as P.I.P.S.
*
Precision Time Protocol Industry Profile
Industrial automation systems consisting of several distributed controllers need a precise synchronization for commands, events and process data.
For instance, motors for newspaper printing are synchronized within some 5 microseconds to ensure t ...
, an IEC 62439-3 standard
Other uses
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Battle of the Pips
The Battle of the Pips is the name given to an incident on 27 July 1943, part of the Aleutian campaign of World War II. In preparation for the amphibious assault on the island of Kiska planned for August 1943, the U.S. Navy formed Task Group 16.2 ...
, an incident in World War II
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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
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Pip Cliffs, Graham Land, Antarctica
* IATA code for
Pilot Point Airport
Pilot Point Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located in Pilot Point, a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Grant Aviation.[Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate
Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) is a phospholipid found in cell membranes that helps to recruit a range of proteins, many of which are involved in protein trafficking, to the membranes. It is the product of both the class II and III phosph ...]
, also known as PI(3)P
*
Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PtdIns4''P'', PI-4-P, PI4P, or PIP) is a precursor of phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate. PtdIns4''P'' is prevalent in the membrane of the Golgi apparatus.
In the Golgi apparatus, PtdIns4''P'' binds to the G ...
, also known as PI(4)P
*
Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate
Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (PtdIns5P) is a phosphoinositide, one of the phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns), that are well-established membrane-anchored regulatory molecules. Phosphoinositides participate in signaling ...
, also known as PI(5)P
* The Pip-Boy, a wrist computer in the ''
Fallout
Nuclear fallout is residual radioactive material that is created by the reactions producing a nuclear explosion. It is initially present in the radioactive cloud created by the explosion, and "falls out" of the cloud as it is moved by the ...
'' video games
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Pipp (disambiguation)
Pipp or pipps or ''variation'', may refer to:
Places
*Pipp Brook, a tributary of the River Mole in Surrey, England, UK
*Pipps Hill, Essex, England, UK; see List of United Kingdom locations: Peo-Pn
People
*E.G. Pipp, a U.S. newspaperman, the found ...
, including pipps
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