Chip may refer to:

Food

* Chip (snack), thinly sliced and deep-fried gastro item **

Potato chips Potato chips (North American English and Australian English; often just chip) or crisp (British English and Hiberno-English) are thin slices of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep frying, deep fried, baking, baked, ...

(US) or crisp (UK) * Chips (fried potato strips) (UK) or french fries (US) (common as a takeout side) * Game chips, thin chip/French fries * Chocolate chip

Sports and gaming

Chip (association football) A chip, also known as a lob, is a shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a Scoring in associ ...

, a type of football shot *

Chip (golf) The golf swing is the action by which players hit the ball in the sport of golf. The golf swing is a complex motion involving the whole body; the technicalities of the swing are known as golf stroke mechanics. There are differing opinions on what ...

, a type of golf shot *

Casino token Casino chips (also known as poker chips, gaming tokens, or checks/cheques) are small discs used as currency in casinos. Larger, rectangular gaming plaques may be used for high-stakes games. Poker chips are also widely used as play money in cas ...

, often referred to as a chip * Chip, one of the mascots of the

University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a Public university, public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a Federated state, state, it is the fla ...

* Chip, the mascot of Rhode Island FC

People and fictional characters

* Chip (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the given name or nickname *

Chip (rapper) Jahmaal Noel Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), better known by his stage name Chip (formerly Chipmunk), is an English rapper from Tottenham, London. In the past 14 years, he has collaborated with the likes of Skepta, T.I., Meek Mill, D-Block Europ ...

, English hip hop recording artist born Jahmaal Noel Fyffe in 1990 * King Chip (born 1986), stage name of American hip hop rapper Charles Jawanzaa Worth, formerly known as Chip tha Ripper * Chip Douglas, American songwriter, musician, and record producer Douglas Hatlelid (born 1942) *

Chip Taylor Chip Taylor (born James Wesley Voight; March 21, 1940) is an American songwriter and singer noted for writing " Angel of the Morning" and " Wild Thing". He is the paternal uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and former actor James Haven. He is the ...

, stage name of American songwriter James Wesley Voight (born 1940) * Chip Fairway, a ring name of American professional wrestler Brett J. Keen (1972–2011)

Biology

Chromatin immunoprecipitation Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is a type of immunoprecipitation experimental technique used to investigate the interaction between proteins and DNA in the cell. It aims to determine whether specific proteins are associated with specific genom ...

(ChIP), a molecular biology method to map DNA sites * STUB1, a human gene also known as CHIP (C terminus of HSC70-Interacting Protein) * Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP)

Computing

* Chip, a

monolithic integrated circuit An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip or simply chip, is a set of electronic circuits, consisting of various electronic components (such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors) and their interconnections. These components a ...

without its packaging, a microchip ** An integrated circuit mounted on a surface mount

chip carrier In electronics, a chip carrier is one of several kinds of surface-mount technology packages for integrated circuits (commonly called "chips"). Connections are made on all four edges of a square package; compared to the internal cavity for mount ...

* Chip (CDMA), the fundamental unit of transmission in code-division multiple access (CDMA) * Chip (GUI), a graphical user interface element for input grouping and tagging * CHIP (computer), Linux dev board built by Next Thing Co. and marketed as a miniature computer * CHIP (programming language), based on Prolog * CHIP-8, a video game programming language in the 1970s *

ChucK Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...

for iPhone/iPad (ChiP), a programming language used for music synthesis * Connected Home over IP (CHIP), a protocol for home automation

Finance

Chip (stock market) A chip is a terminology to describe a stock of a particular quality. Chip Share {, class="wikitable" , +Share !Name !Description , - , , A share , Company listed in Shanghai or Shenzhen and traded in renminbi , - , , B share , Com ...

, description of stock of a particular quality *

Clearing House Interbank Payments System The Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) is a United States private Clearing house (finance), clearing house for large-value wire transfer transactions. As of late 2024, it settles approximately 500,000 payments totaling US$1.8trillion ...

(CHIPS), a United States private clearing house for large-value transactions

Organizations and programs

California Highway Patrol The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the principal state police agency for the U.S. state of California. The CHP has primary jurisdiction, including patrol and Criminal investigation, investigations, over all California Controlled-access highw ...

(CHiP), a law enforcement agency of California ** ''"CHiPs"'' (TV series), (1977-1983) based on the enforcement agency ** ''"CHiPs"'' (2017 film), based on the TV series, directed by Dax Shepard * CHIP Holding, a German-based publishing house * Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a US federal government program * Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP), an Australian government funding program, along with its Community Development Employment Projects * Masonic Child Identification Programs, a charitable initiative by North American Masonic lodges

Other uses

* Chip language, spoken in Nigeria *

Swarf Swarf, also known as chips or by other process-specific names (such as turnings, filings, or shavings), are pieces of metal, wood, or plastic that are the debris or waste resulting from machining, woodworking, or similar subtractive (material-r ...

, also known as chips, the debris or waste resulting from metalworking operations * ''CHIP'' (magazine), a German computer magazine ** '' Chip-India'', Indian edition of German computer magazine ''CHIP''