Tip

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In the English language, tip may refer to:

• (Worldwide): a gratuity (a voluntary additional payment made for for services rendered)

• (UK, Australia, New Zealand): a place for disposal of domestic waste; a dump

Tip may also refer to:

Contents 1 In science and technology 2 In entertainment media 3 Other uses 4 See also

[edit] In science and technology

• tip (Unix utility), a software program for remote terminal sessions
• Tip and ring, two wires in a telephone line
• The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, a work containing taxonomies of invertebrate fossils
• Trans-Israel pipeline, a pipeline which transports crude oil from Iran to Europe
• Translation Inhibitory Protein, a protein which can be produced by the induction of interferons
• Traveling In-core Probe, used in nuclear reactors
• The tip, the most recently added changeset in the distributed revision control tool Mercurial
• TIP, name of early prototypes of the nano text editor program

[edit] In entertainment media

• The Tip, a 1918 film starring Harold Lloyd
• Tip (album), a 1997 album by the band Finger Eleven
• T.I.P. (album), a 2005 album by rapper Young Buck
• Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, a video game
• T.I.P., also known as T.I, a rapper
• Princess Ozma, nicknamed Tip, a fictional character in the book The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Tip, a FIFA World Cup mascot in 1974
• T.I.P. (Teamwork Is Perfect), a South Korean breakdancing troupe
• TIP, Threat Image Projection, a technology used in X-ray screening machines.

[edit] Other uses

• Tip (gambling), a betting information source
• Hat tip, an expression of recognition or gratitude
• Square dance tip, a group of dances in square dancing
• Talent Identification Program, a gifted education program at Duke University
• Technological Institute of the Philippines, a school in the Philippines
• Tipping face, the active part of a landfill
• Tripoli International Airport, IATA airport code
• Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record
• iShares (stock symbol TIP), Barclays TIPS Bond, an exchange-traded fund
• Tippu Tip, notorious 19th century slave dealer

[edit] See also

• Tipping (disambiguation)
• Tipping point (disambiguation)

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