| Main Entry: | Clipper chip |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a microchip with an identification code which allows decryption and decipherment of communications transmissions by government and law enforcement agencies, developed by the US government to provide a standard encryption method |
| Etymology: | Clipper, a secret code name in the 1980s in the US National Security Agency + (micro)chip |
| Usage: | computing |