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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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Unlike last time, there won't be a fight if Castillo again tips the scales too heavily.
CORRALES-CASTILLO SET FOR MORE INTRIGUE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
You get a hefty application: Business Plan Pro tips the scales at over 40MB; if you choose to download the sample business plans that come with it, say bye-bye to another 255MB of disk space.
Pick your startup tools: find the right software for your new business by Donaldson, Sonya / Black Enterprise
sponsored democratic government succeed and those who view any Iraqi collaborators as traitors, the torture and humiliation of the detainees may well prove to be a crucial factor which tips the scales against achieving our goal of a free and democratic Iraq.
It's time for an apology from Bush to the world by McCloskey, Paul N. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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