climber

n 1: a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or

over other plants

2: someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior

[syn: {social climber}]

3: someone who climbs as a sport

4: an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on

ice when walking or climbing [syn: {crampon}, {crampoon},

{climbing iron}]

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)