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Clipper chip

Clipper chip 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.

Noun

Clipper chip (plural Clipper chips)

  1. (historical) 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.

Forms of Clipper chip

pluralClipper chips

Origin of Clipper chip

From Clipper, of unknown origin, + chip.

Questions about Clipper chip

What does Clipper chip mean?
Clipper chip means 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.
What part of speech is Clipper chip?
Clipper chip is a noun.
What is the plural of Clipper chip?
The plural of Clipper chip is Clipper chips.

Words near Clipper chip in the dictionary

  1. clipped it
  2. clipped someone's wings
  3. clipped the church
  4. clipped the wings of
  5. clipper
  6. Clipper chip
  7. Clipper chips
  8. Clipper Mills
  9. clipper system
  10. clipper systems
  11. clippered

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