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clipper chip

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
clip-per chip
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A microchip promoted by the US government in the mid-1990s as an encryption device to be used by all telecommunications companies, and having a back door to allow decryption by the government.

Etymology

From Clipper, of unknown origin, + chip.

Inflected Forms

Clipper chips (plural)

Questions

What does clipper chip mean?
A microchip promoted by the US government in the mid-1990s as an encryption device to be used by all telecommunications companies, and having a back door to allow decryption by the government.
Where does clipper chip come from?
From Clipper, of unknown origin, + chip.

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