Wiper may refer to:
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Windscreen wiper
* Wiper, a Pakistani English term for a
squeegee
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Wiper (occupation)
A wiper is a position responsible for both cleaning the engine spaces and machinery of a ship and assisting the Engineering officer (ship), ship's engineers as directed. Railroad workers who performed similar jobs were also known as wipers, or i ...
, a cleaner in the engine room of a ship
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wiper (malware)
In computer security, a wiper is a class of malware intended to erase (wipe, hence the name) the hard drive or other static memory of the computer it infects, maliciously deleting data and programs.
Examples
A piece of malware referred to as "W ...
, a type of malware
* Wiper, a term for a
hybrid striped bass
A hybrid striped bass (''Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis''), also commonly referred to by the portmanteau wiper, is a freshwater hybrid fish between white bass (''Morone chrysops'') and striped bass (''M. saxatilis''). In the United States, wipe ...
* Wiper, a term for the moving contact on a
potentiometer
A potentiometer is a three- terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat.
The measuring instrum ...
* Wiper, another brand name for the
Lawnbott
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Scott Wiper (born 1970), American writer, film director and actor
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Wiper (One Piece), a character from the manga and anime ''One Piece''
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Wipers (band)
Wipers was an American punk rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Greg Sage, along with drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal. The group's tight song structure and use of heavy distortion were hailed as e ...
, an American punk rock group
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Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya
The Wiper Democratic Movement–Kenya (WDM-K), formerly Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM–Kenya), is a political party in Kenya, which originated as a result of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The party tends to be more popular ...
, a 21st-century political party
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Ypres
Ypres ( ; ; ; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though
the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper ...
, a city in Belgium nicknamed Wipers by British troops in the First World War
** ''
The Wipers Times'', a First World War trench magazine published by British soldiers in the Ypres Salient
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