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TIP

(Trouble In Paradise) A freeware program from Gibson Research Corporation, Laguna Hills, CA (www.grc.com) that checks the health of Zip and Jaz drives. See click of death. See also tip and ring.

tip1
1. a payment given for services in excess of the standard charge; gratuity
2. a piece of inside information, esp in betting or investing
tip2
a glancing hit in cricket
tip [tip]
(design engineering)
A piece of material secured to and differing from a cutter tooth or blade.
(electricity)
The contacting part at the end of a phone plug.
(electronics)
A small protuberance on the envelope of an electron tube, resulting from the closing of the envelope after evacuation.
TIP
1.TIP - Texas Instruments Pascal.
2.TIP - A Unix program for interactive communication via serial lines.

Unix manual page: tip(1).


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When sent to the forest Tip often climbed trees for birds' eggs or amused himself chasing the fleet white rabbits or fishing in the brooks with bent pins.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
The turnkey had strong private opinions as to what would become of poor Tip, and had even gone so far with the view of averting their fulfilment, as to sound Tip in reference to the expediency of running away and going to serve his country.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
His real name was Mastro Antonio, but everyone called him Mastro Cherry, for the tip of his nose was so round and red and shiny that it looked like a ripe cherry.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
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