meaning of clipper

1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.
2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
3. A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
4. Clipper 1. cryptography> An integrated circuit which implements the SkipJack algorithm. The Clipper is manufactured by the US government to encrypt telephone data. It has the added feature that it can be decrypted by the US government, which has tried to make the chip compulsory in the United States. Phil Zimmerman inventor of PGP remarked, "This doesnt even pass the sniff test" i. e. it stinks. http://www. wired. com/clipper/. news:alt. privacy. clipper 2. A compiled dBASE dialect from Nantucket Corp, LA. Versions: Winter 85, Spring 86, Autumn 86, Summer 87, 4. 5 Japanese Kanji, 5. 0. It uses the Xbase programming language.
5. scissors for cutting hair or finger nails

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