pip
1 [pip]
| 1. | one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes. |
| 2. | each of the small segments into which the surface of a pineapple is divided. |
| 3. | Informal. metal insigne of rank on the shoulders of commissioned officers. |
| 4. | Horticulture.
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1590–1600; earlier peep; orig. uncert.

blip
[blip]
noun, verb, blipped, blip⋅ping.| 1. | Also called pip. Electronics.
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| 2. | a brief upturn, as in revenue or income: The midwinter blip was no cause for optimism among store owners. |
| 3. | anything small, as in amount or number: a blip of light; Those opposed were merely a blip in the opinion polls. |
| 4. | bleep (def. 3). |
| 5. | Slang. a nickel; five cents. |
| 6. | Movies. a mark of synchronization on a sound track. |
| 7. | a small or brief interruption, as in the continuity of a motion-picture film or the supply of light or electricity: There were blips in the TV film where the commercials had been edited out. |
| 8. | Informal. to move or proceed in short, irregular, jerking movements: The stock market has blipped one point higher this week. |
| 9. | bleep (def. 5). |
1890–95, for an earlier sense; sound symbolism, with p for brevity and abrupt end of the impulse; bl- perh. from blink

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pip 3 (pĭp) n.
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Pip
Pip\, n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. p['e]pie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.] A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.Pip
Pip\, n. [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.Pip
Pip\, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.] One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. --Addison.Cite This Source
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Pip
The smallest denomination that a currency can make.
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See also: Currency, Performance Index Paper (PIP)
Also spelled: pips
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Main Entry: pip
Pronunciation: 'pip
Function: noun
: the formation of a scale or crust on the tip and dorsal surface of the tongue of a bird often associatedwith respiratory diseases; also : the scale or crust itself
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PIP tool
Peripheral Interchange Program.
A program on CP/M, RSX-11, RSTS/E, TOPS-10, and OS/8 (derived from a utility on the PDP-6) that was used for file copying (and in OS/8 and RT-11 for just about every other file operation you might want to do). It is said that when the program was written, during the development of the PDP-6 in 1963, it was called ATLATL ("Anything, Lord, to Anything, Lord"; this played on the Nahuatl word "atlatl" for a spear-thrower, with connotations of utility and primitivity that were no doubt quite intentional).
See also BLT, dd, cat.
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