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clipper
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clip·per  (klpr)
n.
1. One that cuts, shears, or clips.
2. An instrument or tool for cutting, clipping, or shearing. Often used in the plural: nail clippers.
3. Nautical A sharp-bowed sailing vessel of the mid-19th century, having tall masts and sharp lines and built for great speed.
4. One that moves very fast.
5. Electronics See limiter.

clipper [ˈklɪpə]
n
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) any fast sailing ship
2. a person or thing that cuts or clips
3. something, such as a horse or sled, that moves quickly
4. (Electronics) Electronics another word for limiter
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clipper - (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices
2.clipperclipper - a fast sailing ship used in former times
sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
3.clipperclipper - shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
shears - large scissors with strong blades
4.clipper - scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
pair of scissors, scissors - an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
Translations
clipper [ˈklɪpəʳ] N (Naut) → clíper m
clipper [ˈklɪpər] n (= ship) → clipper m
clipper
n (Naut) → Klipper m; (Aviat) → Clipper m
clipper [ˈklɪpəʳ] n (Naut) → clipper m inv
clipper [ˈklɪpəʳ] n (Naut) → clipper m inv


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even wanted to bring back the Clipper Chip," an anti-encryption standard that would have let the feds read any e-mail and snoop on other scrambled communications.
Bidzos said that NTT's chips, which have been developed and manufactured by a subsidiary, NTT Electronic Labs, were far more powerful than the so-called Clipper chip, a data-scrambling system that the Clinton administration proposed for the nation's telephone system.
The Clipper and Capstone chips also represent only one possible approach to achieving a reasonable balance between unconstrained privacy and the needs of law enforcement and national security, Silvio Micali of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has proposed an alternative scheme - developed well before the Clipper chip announcement - that eschews complicated chips and special hardware in favor of a considerably more flexible, inexpensive software solution.
 
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