chopper

n 1: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: {chop}]

2: informal terms for a human `tooth' [syn: {pearly}]

3: an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the

rotation of overhead blades [syn: {helicopter}, {whirlybird},

{eggbeater}]

4: a butcher's implement having a large square blade [syn: {cleaver},

{meat cleaver}]

Clipper

1. 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 doesn't 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.

(1995-03-25)