English Explanatory Dictionary

Clipper chip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A microchip promoted by the US government in the mid-1990s as an encryption device to be used by all telecommunications companies, and having a back door to allow decryption by the government.

Word forms

Clipper chip Clipper chips

Etymology

From Clipper, of unknown origin, + chip.

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