CIP
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Business
- Carriage and Insurance Paid to, an Incoterm
- Construction in ProgressConstruction in ProgressAn accountancy term, Construction in Progress asset or Capital Work In Progress entry records the cost of construction work, which is not yet completed . A CIP item is not depreciated until the asset is placed in service...
, in accountancy, a balance sheet assets item used for assets being constructed, e.g. buildings. - Continuation-in-part, in United States patent law; see continuing patent applicationContinuing patent applicationUnder United States patent law, a continuing patent application is a patent application which follows, and claims priority to, an earlier filed patent application....
- Continuous Improvement ProcessContinuous Improvement ProcessA continuous improvement process is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once...
- Crippled Intellect PublicationsCrippled Intellect PublicationsCrippled Intellect Productions, better known as C.I.P., is a record label for experimental music based in Chicago, IL, and run by the sound artist Blake Edwards. Edwards performs and records under the name Vertonen, and is a member of Anatomy of Habit, Startless, Burrow, and sseepage...
, a record label for experimental music. - Corporate Image Identity Program
- Commercially Important Person, in aviation/air travel
- Critical infrastructure protectionCritical Infrastructure ProtectionCritical infrastructure protection is a concept that relates to the preparedness and response to serious incidents that involve the critical infrastructure of a region or nation....
, in preparedness and response to incidents that involve critical infrastructure
Government
- Citizen Information ProjectCitizen Information ProjectIn the United Kingdom, the Citizen Information Project was a plan by the Office for National Statistics to build a national population register....
in the United Kingdom - Critical Infrastructure ProtectionCritical Infrastructure ProtectionCritical infrastructure protection is a concept that relates to the preparedness and response to serious incidents that involve the critical infrastructure of a region or nation....
, an infrastructure security effort in the United States - Classification of Instructional ProgramsClassification of Instructional ProgramsClassification of Instructional Programs is a taxonomy of academic disciplines at institutions of higher education in the United States....
, a United States Department of Education classification system for college degrees - Crown International PicturesCrown International PicturesCrown International Pictures is an independent film studio formed in 1959 by Newton P. Jacobs Jacobs was a former branch head of RKO Pictures until 1947 when he formed his own company "Favorite Films"; a film releasing organisation. Jacobs became one of the first franchises for showing American...
an American independent low budget film company - Capital Improvement PlanCapital Improvement PlanA Capital Improvement Plan , or CIP, is a short-range plan, usually four to ten years, which identifies capital projects and equipment purchases, provides a planning schedule and identifies options for financing the plan...
- Competitiveness and Innovation Framework ProgrammeCompetitiveness and Innovation Framework ProgrammeThe Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme of the European Commission is meant to improve the competitiveness of European companies facing the challenges of globalization. The programme is mainly aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises , which will receive support for innovation...
of the European Union - Commercial Import ProgramCommercial Import ProgramThe Commercial Import Program, sometimes known as the Commodity Import Program , was an economic aid arrangement between South Vietnam and its main supporter, the United States...
, US economic development initiative for South Vietnam (1955–1975) - Customer Identification ProgramCustomer Identification ProgramAccording to provisions of the USA Patriot Act, all financial institutions must verify the identity of individuals wishing to conduct financial transactions. The law was implemented by regulations in 2003 which require financial institutions to develop a Customer Identification Program ...
, US law requiring identity of each customer
Organizations
- Centro Internacional de la Papa, The International Potato CenterInternational Potato CenterThe International Potato Center is a root and tuber research-for-development institution located in Lima, Peru...
- Centro Israelita do ParanáCentro Israelita do ParanáThe Centro Israelita do Paraná is the main gathering place for Jews in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.- History :The first Jew to arrive in Curitiba was José Flaks, who in 1889 arrived with his wife Roni and their children Michael and Frederick. Shortly thereafter came Max Rosenamn. Both were...
, synagogue and community center in CuritibaCuritibaCuritiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...
-PRParaná (state)Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... - Center for Intellectual Property StudiesCenter for Intellectual Property StudiesThe Center for Intellectual Property Studies is a development center at the intersection of industry and academia. Founded in a joint effort between Chalmers University of Technology and School of Business, Economics, and Law at the University of Gothenburg, both in Gothenburg, Sweden, CIP is an...
, founded by Gothenburg University and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden - CipSoftCipSoftCipSoft GmbH, or CIP, is a video game developer based in Regensburg, Germany which produces the online roleplaying game Tibia. They also market Tibia Micro Edition, a cell-phone-based version of the game...
, the Regensburg, Germany-based creators of the online computer game Tibia - Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu PortativesCommission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu PortativesThe Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives is an international organisation whose members are 14 states, mainly European....
, Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing - Committee for International Peace, a peace organization
- Congregação Israelita PaulistaCongregacao Israelita PaulistaThe Congregação Israelita Paulista in São Paulo, is the largest synagogue in Latin America, serving more than 350 people. Established in 1936 by a group of refugees from Nazi Germany, it is a Reform synagogue, but also has ties with the Conservative movement.The rabbinate of the congregation...
, synagogue in São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
-SPSão Paulo (state)São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
, Brazil - Creative Industries Precinct, part of the Queensland University of Technology campus in Brisbane, Australia
Science & technology
- Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rules, or CIP system, for the naming of molecules in organic chemistry
- Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (CIP)Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (CIP)Calf-intestinal alkaline phosphatase is an enzyme that catalyzes the 5' phosphate group's removal, dephosphorylation, from DNA . This enzyme is frequently used in DNA sub-cloning, because DNA fragments that lack the 5' phosphoryl termini cannot self-ligate...
, an enzyme that removes the 5' phosophate group from DNA. - Carbon in pulpCarbon in pulpCarbon in Pulp is an extraction technique for recovery of gold which has been liberated into a cyanide solution as part of the gold cyanidation process....
, method of gold extraction - Carbonyl Iron Powder, a material with a wide range of industrial applications
- Cellular IP, a micromobility protocol
- Certified IRB ProfessionalCertified IRB ProfessionalThe Certified IRB Professional program is a certification initiative in the United States for individuals administering and overseeing the daily activities of Institutional Review Boards...
, a scientific research certification - Clean-in-placeClean-in-placeClean-in-Place is a method of cleaning the interior surfaces of pipes, vessels, process equipment, filters and associated fittings, without disassembly....
, a common cleaning method used in manufacturing processes - Cold isostatic pressing, an industrial process
- Cast in Place Concrete, Concrete that is cast in place
- Collection de l'Institut Pasteur, french collection of bacterial type strains
Computer science
- Channel Interface Processor, a card used in CiscoCisco SystemsCisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
series 7500 series routers that maintains CLAW definitions - CIP-ToolCIP-ToolCIP-Tool is a software tool for the modelling and implementation of event-driven applications. It is especially relevant for the development of software components of embedded systems.-History:...
, a tool for modelling event-driven processes and creating the associated software, distributed by a company of the same name - Classical IP over ATM
- Common Indexing ProtocolCommon Indexing ProtocolThe Common Indexing Protocol was an attempt in the IETF working group FIND during the mid-1990s to define a protocol for exchanging index information between directory services....
, a set of IETF RFCs for exchange of directory information - Common Industrial ProtocolCommon Industrial ProtocolThe Common Industrial Protocol is an industrial protocol for industrial automation applications. It is supported by ODVA.Previously known as Control and Information Protocol, CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications...
(CIP), specification maintained by ODVA organization - Cubic-Interpolated Pseudo-particle
- Customizable Intermittent Pseudo-Paradigm
Medicine
- Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosisCongenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosisCongenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis is an extremely rare inherited disorder of the nervous system which prevents the sensation of pain, heat, cold, or any real nerve-related sensations ; however, patients can still feel pressure. CIPA is the fourth type of hereditary sensory and...
- Congenital insensitivity to painCongenital insensitivity to painCongenital insensitivity to pain , also known as congenital analgesia, is one or more rare conditions where a person cannot feel physical pain...
- Critical illness polyneuropathyCritical illness polyneuropathyCritical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy are overlapping syndromes of widespread muscle weakness and neurological dysfunction that can develop in critically ill patients receiving intensive care...
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, an uncommon human disease that causes bowel difficulties
- The antibioticAntibioticAn antibacterial is a compound or substance that kills or slows down the growth of bacteria.The term is often used synonymously with the term antibiotic; today, however, with increased knowledge of the causative agents of various infectious diseases, antibiotic has come to denote a broader range of...
ciprofloxacinCiprofloxacinCiprofloxacin is a synthetic chemotherapeutic antibiotic of the fluoroquinolone drug class.It is a second-generation fluoroquinolone antibacterial. It kills bacteria by interfering with the enzymes that cause DNA to rewind after being copied, which stops synthesis of DNA and of...
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Military
- Combat Identification PanelCombat Identification PanelThe Combat Identification Panel, also known as the 'Coalition Identification Panel' or simply 'CIP', is a device mounted on military ground vehicles to distinguish them from the enemy during battle. They were developed after the first Gulf War to reduce friendly fire incidents among allied ground...
, a device used by the US military to distinguish friendly ground vehicles from the enemy following friendly fireFriendly fireFriendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death. A death resulting from a negligent discharge is not considered friendly fire...
incidents in the first Gulf WarGulf WarThe Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
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Miscellanea
- Cataloging in PublicationCataloging in PublicationIn publishing and library science, Cataloging in Publication is basic cataloging data for a work, prepared in advance of publication by the national library of the country where the work is principally published or by the library of a publishing organisation such as a government department...
, data found in a book to assist librarians - Circulating International Program
- Clean-in-placeClean-in-placeClean-in-Place is a method of cleaning the interior surfaces of pipes, vessels, process equipment, filters and associated fittings, without disassembly....
, Method of cleaning the interior surfaces of pipes, vessels, process equipment - Computer-Investitions-Programm, German computer support program for universities