Pip 700908 225805038 2008-07-15T14:11:17Z Smooth0707 1920731 /* Other */ {{wiktionarypar|pip|PIP}} {{TOCright}} '''Pip''' may refer to: ==Noun and name== ===People=== * Pip, any of the backup singers for Gladys Knight in the American R&B group ''[[Gladys Knight & the Pips]],'' active from 1953 to 1989 * Pip, short for [[Philip Pirrip]], the name given by [[Charles Dickens]] to the protagonist of the semi-autobiographical novel ''[[Great Expectations]]'' * [[Pip (South Park)]], a recurring ''South Park'' character, clearly inspired by the Dickens character (see above) * [[Pip (South Park episode)]], an episode of ''South Park'', in which Pip is the main character * [[Pip the Troll]], Adam Warlock's friend in Marvel Comics * Pip, the hero and playing character of the ''[[Grailquest]]'' gamebooks * Francis "Pip" Pumphandle, a one-shot character on ''[[Animaniacs]]'', voiced by Ben Stein * [[Pip (Chrono Cross)]], a character from the SquareSoft RPG ''Chrono Cross'' * [[Pip (minidrag)]], the pet of Flinx from the Humanx Commonwealth science fiction novels *Pip, the cabin boy of the Pequod in the novel ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' *Pip, nickname of [[Chiana]] on the television series, [[Farscape]]. * Pip, [[Pip Williams]] the British record producer * Pip, a character in the Japanese manga ''[[Hellsing (manga)|Hellsing]]'' * Pip, a fictional persona created by Tori Amos on her album [[American Doll Posse]], her embodiment of Athena ===Numerics and counting === * [[Pips|Pip]], a dot indicating a unit of numerical value on dice or dominoes * Pip, a mark indicating the suit or numerical value of a [[playing card]] * [[Percentage in point|Pip]] in forex trading is the smallest unit by which a currency may change value * Pip, The distance between 2 spaces on a [[Backgammon]] board. ===Rank insignia=== * Pip, an informal name for the [[star]] of the [[Order of the Bath]] when used as a rank insignia in the British army and police force ===Other=== * Pip, the [[seed]] of several fruits such as apples and oranges * Pip, the [[Greenwich Time Signal]] * [[Peripheral Interchange Program]] or PIP, the file copy program for CP/M and PDP-11 computers, which was replaced by COPY in MS-DOS * [[In Praise of Pip]] an episode from ''The Twilight Zone'' ==Acronym== '''PIP''' is a [[three letter acronym]] with numerous meanings. It may refer to: ===Political Parties=== * [[Puerto Rican Independence Party]] === Computer technology === *[[Parallel interface port]] *[[Peripheral Interchange Program]] (PDP, VAX, CP/M) *[[Prefix notation|Prefix]], [[Infix notation|infix]] and [[Postfix notation|postfix]] [[mathematical notation]]s *[[Point in polygon]] algorithm (computer graphics) *[[Private IP]] *Personal Identity Provider, another term for [[OpenID]] provider. *[[Priority inheritance]] protocol === Biology and medicine === *[[Peak Inspiratory Pressure]] *[[Phosphatidylinositol]] *[[Prolactin-induced protein]] *[[Proximal interphalangeal joint]] ===Other=== *[[Palisades Interstate Parkway]], a parkway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York *[[Personal injury protection]], an extension of car insurance available in some American states, which covers medical expenses, lost wages and other damages. *[[Performance improvement plan]] *[[Picture-in-picture]], feature from some televisions. *[[Policy Ineffectiveness Proposition]] (Economics) *[[Predicted impact point]] (missiles) *[[Process Industry Practices]], Chemical process industry standardized requirement specifications and guidelines (e.g.: Petrochemical) *[[Profile ignition pickup]] * Royal Mail's [[Pricing in Proportion]] initiative *[[Pug Impression Pad]] (Wildlife: Pugmark Tracking) *Partner Interface Processes ([[Rosettanet]]) *[[Percentage in point]] (finance) ==See also== *[[Pips (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[de:PIP]] [[eo:PIP]] [[fr:PIP]] [[it:PIP]] [[nl:Pip]] [[ja:PIP]] [[pl:PIP]] [[ksh:PIP (Watt ėßß datt?)]]