Chips
Encyclopedia
Food
- A thick version of French friesFrench friesFrench fries , chips, fries, or French-fried potatoes are strips of deep-fried potato. North Americans tend to refer to any pieces of deep-fried potatoes as fries or French fries, while in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of deep-fried potatoes are...
, strips of deep-fried potato - Potato chipPotato chipPotato chips are thin slices of potato that are deep fried...
s (in North America), a snack food comprising thin slices of fried potatoes - Tortilla chipTortilla chipA tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas, which are cut into wedges and then fried . Corn tortillas are made of corn, vegetable oil, salt and water. Although first mass-produced in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, tortilla chips are considered to be a Mexican food, known as tostados...
s, a snack food made from corn tortillas - Corn chipCorn chipA corn chip is a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop. Corn chips are thick, rigid and very crunchy...
s a snack food made from corn - Chocolate chipChocolate chipChocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape. They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter.-Origin:...
, small chunks of chocolate, used for making chocolate-chip cookies, among other things - Banana chipsBanana chipsBanana chips are deep-fried and/or dried slices of bananas . They can be covered with sugar or honey and have a sweet taste, or they can be fried in oil and spices and have a salty and/or spicy taste. Variants of banana chips may be covered with chocolate instead...
, deep fried or dried slices of banana - Apple chips, a snack food made from sliced apples.
Entertainment
- Mr. Chips, the mascot for the UK game show Catchphrase
- CHiPsCHiPsCHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
, a television series about the California Highway Patrol- The television reunion movie CHiPs '99CHiPs '99CHiPs '99 is a film reunion of the 1977-1983 American television series, CHiPs. It was directed by Jon Cassar and shown on Turner Network Television in the USA on October 27, 1998.-Cast:*Larry Wilcox as Capt...
- The television reunion movie CHiPs '99
- Chips (band)Chips (band)Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.Chips finished 4th in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Mycke' mycke' mer", with Lars Westman, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand as background singers...
, a Swedish pop band- Chips (album)Chips (album)Chips is a 1980 album from the Swedish pop and country group Chips. It was the debut album from the group.-Side A:#A Little Bit of Loving#Sympathy#Weekend#So Long Sally#Starry Night#Paris-Side B:#I Remember High School#Sensation#Don't Cry no More...
, from the eponymous group
- Chips (album)
- Chips, an Irish pop band led by Linda MartinLinda MartinLinda Martin is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known in Europe as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, with the song "Why Me?", and in Ireland as a member of the 1970s/1980s band, Chips.-Chips:Martin started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips...
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, a Dutch band, popular in The Netherlands and in some European countries - The main character in the 1934 novel Goodbye, Mr. ChipsGoodbye, Mr. ChipsGoodbye, Mr. Chips is a novel by James Hilton, published in the United States in June 1934 by Little, Brown and Company and in the United Kingdom in October of that same year by Hodder & Stoughton...
by James Hilton - Illustrated ChipsIllustrated ChipsIllustrated Chips was a British comic published between 26 July 1890 and 12 September 1953. It was produced by Alfred Harmsworth and his Amalgamated Press.After a brief initial run of six issues, Illustrated Chips was relaunched and ran for 2,997 issues...
, a British comic published between 26 July 1890 and 12 September 1953 - Chips (literary magazine)Chips (literary magazine)Chips is Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School's award winning literary magazine. Chips is currently in its 71st edition.-Awards:Chips has, throughout its existence, been honored with many awards, notably from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the National Council of Teachers of English...
, the award winning literary and art magazine of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School - CHiPs ImprovCHiPs Improv"The Chapel Hill Players" is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's premiere improv and sketch comedy team. The group is unique among college improv teams for its employment of a training program...
, the premiere improv and sketch comedy team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. - Chip's ChallengeChip's ChallengeChip's Challenge is a tile-based, puzzle video game for several systems, including the hand-held Atari Lynx, Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS, and Windows . It has also been ported to the TI-84+ calculator and the TI-89 Titanium...
, a computer game first released in 1989 - Whizzer and ChipsWhizzer and ChipsWhizzer and Chips was a British comic magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic Buster. As with most comics of the time, Whizzer and Chips was dated one week ahead....
, a British comic published from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990
Technology
- Computer chips, integrated circuits used in computers and other electronics
- Common Hybrid Interface Protocol SystemCommon Hybrid Interface Protocol SystemCommon Hybrid Interface Protocol System is the definition of a computer network that consists of a mixture of common serial data protocols such as RS-232 and RS-485, or can be even PC keyboard interface communication...
(CHIPS), which defines a computer network's interface and protocol systems used in serial and wireless communications - Chips and TechnologiesChips and TechnologiesChips and Technologies was the first fabless semiconductor company, a model developed by its founder Gordon Campbell. Founded by Dado Banatao.Its first product was an EGA IBM compatible graphics chip...
, the first fabless semiconductor company - Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer (CHIPS), a microsatellite launched in 2003
People
- Henry ChannonHenry ChannonSir Henry "Chips" Channon was an American-born British Conservative politician, author and diarist. Channon moved to England in 1920 and became strongly anti-American, feeling that American cultural and economic views threatened traditional European and British civilisation. He wrote extensively...
(1897–1958), British MP and diarist nicknamed "Chips" - Chips MomanChips MomanLincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. As a record producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1960s...
(born 1936), American musician - Chips RaffertyChips RaffertyChips Rafferty MBE was an iconic Australian actor. Called "the living symbol of the typical Australian", Rafferty's career stretched from the 1940s until his death in 1971, and during this time he performed regularly in major Australian feature films as well as appearing in British and American...
(1909-1971), Australian actor - Charles E. BohlenCharles E. BohlenCharles Eustis “Chip” Bohlen was a United States diplomat from 1929 to 1969 and Soviet expert, serving in Moscow before and during World War II, succeeding George F. Kennan as United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union , then ambassador to the Philippines , and to France...
(1904-1974), American diplomat nicknamed "Chip" - Chips KiesbyeChips KiesbyeChips Kiesbye is the guitarist and vocalist for the Swedish rock band Sator formed in the late 1980s in Borlänge. Kiesbye is also successful music producer and have worked with several of Swedens most successful rock bands and artists such as The Hellacopters, Millencolin, Thåström, Sahara...
, guitarist for Swedish band Sator - Chips KeswickChips KeswickSir John Chippendale "Chips" Lindley Keswick is a British businessman and a member of the Keswick family which control Hong Kong company Jardine Matheson, founded by William Jardine.-Career:...
(born 1940), British businessman - Chips MackinoltyChips MackinoltyChips Mackinolty was born in 1954 in Morwell. He was involved in the campaigns against the war in Vietnam by producing posters. He was a key figure in the radical poster movement and was introduced to screenprinting in Goulburn Street, Sydney....
(born 1954), Australian artist
Other uses
- WoodchipsWoodchipsWoodchips are a medium-sized solid material made by cutting, or chipping, larger pieces of wood. Woodchips may be used as a biomass solid fuel. They may also be used as an organic mulch in gardening, landscaping, restoration ecology and mushroom cultivation...
- Casino chips or poker chips, small colored metal or plastic discs used as tokens of currency in gambling establishments
- Cow chips or cow dung, dried bovine feces.
- Clearing House Interbank Payments SystemClearing House Interbank Payments SystemThe Clearing House Interbank Payments System is the main privately held clearing house for large-value transactions in the United States, settling well over US$1 trillion a day in around 250,000 interbank payments. Together with the Fedwire Funds Service , CHIPS forms the primary U.S...
, one half of the primary US network for large-value domestic and international payments - Chips the dog, an American wardog who served in World War II
- Chips (company), a company based in Åland, Finland that produces potato chips and other food products
- SwarfSwarfSwarf, also known as turnings, chips, or filings, are shavings and chippings of metal — the debris or waste resulting from metalworking operations including milling and grinding. It can usually be recycled, and this is the preferred method of disposal due to the environmental concerns regarding...
, the debris or waste resulting from metalworking operations.
See also
- Chip (disambiguation)
- CHIP (disambiguation)
- Chipper (disambiguation)
- Chipping (disambiguation)
- Crisp (disambiguation)Crisp (disambiguation)A crisp or potato chip is a thin slice of a potato, deep fried or baked until crisp.Crisp may also refer to:...