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Clipper chip
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Etymology
From Clipper, of en 1 origin, + en chip.Clipper n.3 1 7301831517 en
Noun
Clipper chip
en computing historical 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.
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