Chip may refer to:

Food

  • Chip (snack), thinly sliced and deep-fried gastro item
  • Potato chips (US) or crisp (UK)
  • Chips (fried potato strips) (UK) or french fries (US) (common as a takeout side)
  • Game chips, thin chip/French fries
  • Chocolate chip

Sports and gaming

  • Chip (association football), a type of football shot
  • Chip (golf), a type of golf shot
  • Casino token, often referred to as a chip
  • Chip, one of the mascots of the University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Chip, the mascot of Rhode Island FC

People and fictional characters

  • Chip (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the given name or nickname
  • Chip (rapper), English hip hop recording artist born Jahmaal Noel Fyffe in 1990
  • King Chip (born 1986), stage name of American hip hop rapper Charles Jawanzaa Worth, formerly known as Chip tha Ripper
  • Chip Douglas, American songwriter, musician, and record producer Douglas Hatlelid (born 1942)
  • Chip Taylor, stage name of American songwriter James Wesley Voight (born 1940)
  • Chip Fairway, a ring name of American professional wrestler Brett J. Keen (1972–2011)

Biology

  • Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), a molecular biology method to map DNA sites
  • STUB1, a human gene also known as CHIP (C terminus of HSC70-Interacting Protein)
  • Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP)

Computing

  • Chip, a monolithic integrated circuit without its packaging, a microchip
  • An integrated circuit mounted on a surface mount chip carrier
  • Chip (CDMA), the fundamental unit of transmission in code-division multiple access (CDMA)
  • Chip (GUI), a graphical user interface element for input grouping and tagging
  • CHIP (computer), Linux dev board built by Next Thing Co. and marketed as a miniature computer
  • CHIP (programming language), based on Prolog
  • CHIP-8, a video game programming language in the 1970s
  • ChucK for iPhone/iPad (ChiP), a programming language used for music synthesis
  • Connected Home over IP (CHIP), a protocol for home automation

Finance

  • Chip (stock market), description of stock of a particular quality
  • Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS), a United States private clearing house for large-value transactions

Organizations and programs

  • California Highway Patrol (CHiP), a law enforcement agency of California
  • "CHiPs" (TV series), (1977-1983) based on the enforcement agency
  • "CHiPs" (2017 film), based on the TV series, directed by Dax Shepard
  • CHIP Holding, a German-based publishing house
  • Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a US federal government program
  • Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP), an Australian government funding program, along with its Community Development Employment Projects
  • Masonic Child Identification Programs, a charitable initiative by North American Masonic lodges

Other uses

  • Chip language, spoken in Nigeria
  • Swarf, also known as chips, the debris or waste resulting from metalworking operations
  • CHIP (magazine), a German computer magazine
  • Chip-India, Indian edition of German computer magazine CHIP

See also

  • "Chip Chip", a 1961 song written by Jeff Barry, Clifford Crawford, and Arthur Resnick and performed by Gene McDaniels
  • Chips (disambiguation)
  • Chipper (disambiguation)
  • Chipping (disambiguation)
  • Ch!pz, a Dutch band