"Clipper chip" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Clipper chips [plural]
Etymology: From Clipper, of unknown origin, + chip. Etymology templates: {{unknown|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{sup|3}} ³ Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Clipper chip}} Clipper chip (plural Clipper chips)
  1. (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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Computing

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