single in-line package
[′siŋ·gəl ′in‚līn ′pak·ij] (electronics)
A packaged resistor network or other assembly that has a single row of terminals or lead wires along one edge of the package. Abbreviated SIP.
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single in-line package
A earlier memory chip module that was similar to a single in-line memory module (SIMM), but used pins rather than edge connectors. A single in-line package (SIP) was sometimes called a "single in-line pin package" (SIPP). See SIMM. |
| SIP Module |
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| SIPs used pins to plug the module into the socket whereas SIMMs and DIMMs use edge connectors like PCI cards. |
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