Clip or CLIP may refer to:

Fasteners

Ammunition clip A clip is a device that is used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit for insertion into the Magazine (firearms), magazine or Cylinder (firearms), cylinder of a firearm. This speeds up the process by loading the firearm with ...

, a device for storing multiple rounds together as a unit before inserting into a magazine or cylinder *

Binder clip A binder clip (also known as a foldback clip, paper clamp, banker's clip, foldover clip, bobby clip, or clasp) is a simple device for binding sheets of paper together. It leaves the paper intact and can be removed quickly and easily, unlike the ...

, a device for holding thicker materials (such as large volumes of paper) together ** Bulldog clip, a common binder clip *

Bread clip A bread clip is a device that is used to hold plastic bags closed, such as those in which sliced bread is commonly packaged. They are also commonly called bread tags, bread tabs, bread ties, bread buckles, bread-bag clips, or occlupanids. By seal ...

, a device for closing bags * Climbing clip, a device used to quickly and reversibly connect elements of climbing equipment *

Circlip A circlip (a portmanteau of "circle" and "clip"), also known as a C-clip, snap ring, or Jesus clip, is a type of fastener or retaining ring that consists of a semi-flexible metal ring with open ends that can be snapped into place into a Machini ...

, a semi-flexible metal ring fastener for holding a pin in place *

Crocodile clip Alligator clip A crocodile clip or alligator clip is a plier-like spring-tensioned metal clip with elongated, serrated jaws that is used for creating a temporary electrical connection. This simple mechanical device gets its name from the r ...

, or alligator clip, a temporary electrical connector *

Hair clip A barrette (American English), also known as a hair slide (British English), or a hair clip, is a clasp for holding hair in place. They are often made from metal or plastic Plastics are a wide range of synthetic polymers, synthetic or Se ...

, a device for holding hair together or attaching materials such as caps to the hair *

Money clip A money clip is a device typically used to store cash and credit cards in a very compact fashion for those who do not wish to carry a wallet. Metal A metal money clip is generally a solid piece of metal folded into half, such that the banknot ...

, a device for storing cash and credit cards in a very compact fashion *

Paper clip A paper clip (or paperclip) is a tool used to hold sheets of paper together, usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape (though some are covered in plastic). Most paper clips are variations of the ''Gem'' type introduced in the 1890s or ...

, a device for holding several sheets of paper together * Rail clip, a rail fastener * Roach clip, a holder for smoking a cannabis cigarette

Arts and entertainment

Clip art Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is creat ...

, pre-made images used in graphic arts *

Media clip A media clip is a short segment of electronic media, either an audio clip or a video clip. Media clips may be promotional in nature, as with movie clips. For example, to promote upcoming movies, many actors are accompanied by movie clips on ...

, a short segment of electronic media, either an audio clip or a video clip **

Video clip Video clip may refer to: *Short videos, especially short-form content ** Video clip (online media), a short snippet of a video uploaded on the internet *A music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that ...

* ''Clip'' (film), a 2012 film * ''Clips'' (game show), a game show that aired on YTV from 1993 to 1996

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Class II-associated invariant chain peptide CLIP or Class II-associated invariant chain peptide is the part of the invariant chain (Ii) that binds to the peptide binding groove of MHC class II and remains there until the MHC receptor is fully assembled. CLIP is one of the most prevalent se ...

, a protein involved in MHC class II assembly and transport to the cell membrane *

Corticotropin-like intermediate peptide Corticotropin-like intermediate obepeptide (CLIP), also known as adrenocorticotropic hormone fragment 18-39 (ACTH(18-39)), is a naturally occurring, endogenous neuropeptide with a docosapeptide structure and the amino acid sequence Arg-Pro-Val-Ly ...

, an endogenous neuropeptide *

Cross-linking immunoprecipitation Cross-linking and immunoprecipitation (CLIP, or CLIP-seq) is a method used in molecular biology that combines UV cross-link, crosslinking with immunoprecipitation in order to identify RNA binding sites of proteins on a transcriptome-wide scale, the ...

, a method used in molecular biology to locate RNA modifications among others * Cancer Likelihood in Plasma

Computing and telecommunications

Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP) is a technique for training a pair of neural network models, one for image understanding and one for text understanding, using a contrastive objective. This method has enabled broad applications ac ...

, an image recognition artificial intelligence system *

CLIPS CLIPS (C Language Integrated Production System) is a public-domain software tool for building expert systems. The syntax and name were inspired by Charles Forgy's OPS5. The first versions of CLIPS were developed starting in 1985 at the NASA Joh ...

, a software tool for building expert systems, including the programming language COOL * Calling line identification presentation, a

Caller ID Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is ...

technology *

Clips (software) Clips is a mobile video editing software application created by Apple Inc. It was released onto the iOS App Store on April 6, 2017, for free. Initially, it was only available on 64-bit devices running iOS 10.3 or later; as of version 3.1.3, it ...

a video editing software application created by Apple Inc.

Other uses in science and technology

Caribbean large igneous province The Caribbean large igneous province (CLIP) consists of a major flood basalt, which created this large igneous province (LIP). It is the source of the current large eastern Pacific oceanic plateau, of which the Caribbean-Colombian oceanic plateau ...

, in geology, a major flood basalt *

Confirmed line item performance The Confirmed Line Item Performance (CLIP) is one of the diagnostic metrics for perfect order fulfillment which defines the supply chain delivery reliability measurement between facilities within a supply chain. Those facilities may belong to one ...

, a measure of the reliability of supply chain delivery *

Continuous Liquid Interface Production Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP; originally Continuous Liquid Interphase Printing) is a proprietary method of 3D printing that uses photo polymerization to create smooth-sided solid objects of a wide variety of shapes using resins. It ...

, a form of additive manufacturing that uses photo polymerization

Other uses

Cupertino Language Immersion Program Cupertino Language Immersion Program (CLIP) is an alternative K-8 education program located at John Muir Elementary School (K-5) and Joaquin Miller Middle School (6-8) in the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD). CLIP is the oldest public Manda ...

, a K-8 program in the Cupertino Union School District, California *

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The ...

basketball team, nicknamed Clips