Clipper (disambiguation)

A clipper is a type of fast sailing vessel, generally from the 19th century.

Clipper or clippers may also refer to:

Business

For transportation companies, see § Transportation.

• Clipper Logistics, a British logistics company
• Clipper Teas, branded as "Clipper", a British fairtrade tea company
• Clipper Windpower, a wind turbine manufacturer
• Clipper (lighter), a brand of cigarette lighter

Computing and electronics

• Clipper (programming language), a programming language for dBase III
• Clipper (electronics), a device that restricts the output of an alternating current circuit
• Clipper (video game), a 1982 video game written by John S. Bayes
• Clipper chip, a symmetric encryption integrated circuit developed by the NSA, defunct by 1996, that had a built-in backdoor
• Clipper architecture, 32-bit RISC-like computing architecture

Places in the United States

• Clipper, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas
• Clipper, Washington, an unincorporated community
• Clipper Mountains, Mojave Desert, California
• Clipper Valley, Mojave Desert, California

Sports

• Los Angeles Clippers, a National Basketball Association (NBA) team
• San Diego Clippers (NBA G League), an NBA G League team
• Columbus Clippers, a minor league baseball franchise
• Baltimore Clippers, a minor league ice hockey team
• Nanaimo Clippers, a junior ice hockey team

Transportation

Air

• Boeing 314 Clipper, a Pan Am and BOAC (British Airways) flying boat
• Boeing C-40 Clipper, a military version of the Boeing 737-700C airline transport
• Cessna 303 Clipper, the original model of the Cessna T303 Crusader light aircraft
• Pan Am Clipper, a callsign for Pan American World Airways
• Piper PA-16 Clipper, a small aircraft
• Raj Hamsa Clipper, an Indian ultralight trike design
• Spartan Clipper, a British 1930s light touring aeroplane
• Worldwide Ultralite Clipper, ultralight aircraft

Land

• Clipper (steam automobile), built in Michigan in 1902
• Allard Clipper, a microcar produced in London in 1953 and 1954
• Nissan Clipper, two ranges of commercial vehicle
• Packard Clipper, a 1940s/50s American automobile, and a stand-alone marque
• Trident Clipper, a British sports car (1966-1974)

Water

• SS Milwaukee Clipper, a retired steel-hulled auto and train ferry also known as SS Clipper
• Clipper Group, an international shipping company founded in 1991
• Clipper Navigation, a private company which operates ferries etc. in the Seattle–Vancouver area
• Clipper, a type of cruising yacht, a masthead cutter, used in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Space

• Delta Clipper, a reusable space vehicle
• Europa Clipper, a NASA mission to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa
• Kliper or Clipper, a space vehicle developed by the Russian Roskosmos in cooperation with the ESA

Other uses

• Clipper (nickname), a list of people
• Alberta clipper, a fast-moving weather system
• The Clipper, a newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania, from 1893 to 1909
• New York Clipper, a newspaper from 1853 to 1924
• Hair clipper, used to cut hair
• Hedge clipper, a gardening tool
• Nail clipper, used to cut fingernails
• Operation Clipper, a World War II offensive in western Germany
• Clipper barb, an African freshwater fish
• Clipper butterflies, the genus Parthenos and in particular the species Parthenos sylvia
• Clipper card, a smart card for paying transit fares in the San Francisco Bay Area

See also

• Yankee Clipper (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Clipper
• All pages with titles containing Clipper or Clippers