Clipper
1. <hardware, cryptography> An
integrated circuit which implements the
SkipJack algorithm.
The Clipper is manufactured by the US government to encrypt telephone data. It has the added feature that it can be decrypted by the US government, which has tried to make the chip compulsory in the United States.
Phil Zimmerman (inventor of
PGP) remarked, "This doesn't even pass the sniff test" (i.e. it stinks).
(http://www.wired.com/clipper/).
news:alt.privacy.clipper
2. A compiled
dBASE dialect from Nantucket Corp, LA. Versions: Winter 85, Spring 86, Autumn 86, Summer 87, 4.5 (Japanese Kanji), 5.0.
