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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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Prosecutors claim the haul was one of 35 orchestrated by John Haase, 59, and Paul Bennett, 44, so they could tip off the authorities and engineer an early release from jail.
BIN BAGS OF GUNS WERE LEFT IN CAR; PAIIR DENY "PLANTIING WEAPONS TO ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
The 1997 Claris Tip Off Challenge offers qualified salespeople a slew of sports-oriented prizes and several chances to win a once-in- a-lifetime trip to the 1997 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game.
Claris Goes For Slam Dunk With Aggressive Sales Education Campaign: ... by Business Wire
May 20, 1994: Officers acting on a tip off from Haase searched an address in Heathwaite Crescent, Norris Green, and found 600 bullet cases, bullet heads, gun powder and a bullet press.
Tip-offs on guns & drugs by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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