sip n : a small drink [syn: nip] v : drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea" [also: sipping, sipped]

English

Pronunciation

• sĭp, /sɪp/, /sIp/

  Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology

From Middle English sippen, probably cognate with Middle English sipen "to seep"

Noun

1. A small mouthful of drink

Translations

Verb

1. To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time

Translations

See also

• seep
• siphon

The three letter abbreviation SIP can refer to the following:

Computing

• Scilab Image Processing, an image processing toolbox for Scilab
• Service Improvement Plan, provides improved telecommunications services in Canada
• Session Initiation Protocol, a computer network protocol often used for VOIP (Voice Over IP) telephony
• Server Interface Pod, a Dell product that transfers signals to a KVM switch
• Simple IP, a data services authentication method used in CDMA
• Single in-line package for packaging components
• Stone method, (strongly implicit procedure), in the numerical analysis
• System in package, chip technology
• System idle process, a process in Windows NT-based operating systems
• SaaS Integration platform, a platform for developing software as a service
• The Society of Internet Professionals, an accreditation association based in Canada
• Soft Input Panel, the main input method on Pocket PC
• System Information Processor, a tool used to gather computer system information
• Strategy, Infrastructure & Product, one of the process areas of the eTOM framework
• Submission Information Package, a piece of data for ingestion by a digital library
• Software Isolated Process

Business and Economics

• Systematic Investment Plan, an investment strategy.
• Sales Incentive Plan
• Student Insurance Partners, laptop insurance for students, faculty and staff of K-12 schools

Mathematics

• Semi-Infinite Programming a type of mathematical optimization problem

Engineering

• Seat Indication Point in vehicle design
• Spectral Induced Polarisation in geophysics
• Structural insulated panel in construction
• Supplementary Ideographic Plane in the context of Unicode
• Suzhou Industrial Park, a major industrial district in China

Other

• Sterilization In Place, a process using one or more components of food/drug processing equipment
• Simferopol Airport airport codes SIP, an airport in the Ukraine
• Scottish Independence Party
• Scottish International Productions, a theatre company based in Edinburgh
• SIP Animation, the company following Saban International Paris
• SIP (Società Idroelettrica Piemontese), the former name of Telecom Italia
• State Implementation Plan, such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency
• Structural Insulated Panel, a composite building material
• Shelter Implementation Plan for dealing with the remains of the Chernobyl disaster
• Statistically Improbable Phrases
• Strangers in Paradise, an award-winning comic book
• Service Information Program, used by BMW for its Computer Based Training
• Shopper Insight Platform, an IT/process solution offered by IRI and IBM
• Senior Independent Project, a graduation requirement of Kalamazoo College

References

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