Chip may refer to:

Food

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

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* 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), 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, 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 without its packaging, a microchip ** An integrated circuit mounted on a surface mount chip carrier * 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 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), description of stock of a particular quality * Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS), a United States private clearing house for large-value transactions

Organizations and programs

* California Highway Patrol (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, 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''