Paper clip, the Glossary
A paper clip (or paperclip) is a tool used to hold sheets of paper together, usually made of steel wire bent to a looped shape (though some are covered in plastic).[1]
Table of Contents
60 relations: A-magasinet, Artificial intelligence, Binder clip, Bowl (smoking), Brass fastener, Bulldog clip, Cannabis smoking, CD-ROM, Charles de Gaulle, Commodore 1541, Connecticut, Design, Elasticity (physics), Email client, Floppy disk, France, Friction, Germany, Haakon VII, Handcuffs, Henry Petroski, Herbert Spencer, Johan Vaaler, Journal of Engineering Education, Lock picking, Logitech, Loopback, Mac (computer), Metal, Military occupation, Motherboard, Nazism, Norwegian resistance movement, Office Assistant, Operation Paperclip, Oslo, Palm, Inc., Paper Clips Project, Plastic, Post and core, Resistance during World War II, RS-232, Rudolph Ackermann, Sandvika, SIM card, Smartphone, Split pin, Spring (device), Staple (fastener), Swedish language, ... Expand index (10 more) »
- Products introduced in 1867
A-magasinet
A-magasinet is a supplement to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that is published every Friday.
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Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
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Binder clip
A binder clip (also known as a foldback clip, paper clamp, banker's clip, foldover clip, bobby clip, or clasp) is a simple device for binding sheets of paper together. Paper clip and binder clip are fasteners, office equipment and stationery.
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Bowl (smoking)
A bowl, when referred to in pipe smoking, is the part of a smoking pipe or bong that is used to hold tobacco, cannabis, or other substances.
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Brass fastener
A brass fastener, butterfly clips, brad, paper fastener or split pin is a stationery item used for securing multiple sheets of paper together. Paper clip and brass fastener are fasteners, office equipment and stationery.
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Bulldog clip
A bulldog clip is a device for temporarily but firmly binding sheets of paper together. Paper clip and bulldog clip are fasteners and stationery.
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Cannabis smoking
Cannabis smoking (known colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis and releasing the main psychoactive chemical, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs.
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CD-ROM
A CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read—but not write or erase—CD-ROMs.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
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Commodore 1541
The Commodore 1541 (also known as the CBM 1541 and VIC-1541) is a floppy disk drive which was made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore's most popular home computer.
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Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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Design
A design is the concept of or proposal for an object, process, or system.
Elasticity (physics)
In physics and materials science, elasticity is the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed.
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Email client
An email client, email reader or, more formally, message user agent (MUA) or mail user agent is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email.
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Floppy disk
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. Paper clip and floppy disk are American inventions.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Haakon VII
Haakon VII (3 August 187221 September 1957) was King of Norway from 18 November 1905 until his death in 1957.
Handcuffs
Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other.
Henry Petroski
Henry Petroski (February 6, 1942 – June 14, 2023) was an American engineer specializing in failure analysis.
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Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist.
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Johan Vaaler
Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866 – March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk.
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Journal of Engineering Education
The Journal of Engineering Education is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on engineering education that is published by the American Society for Engineering Education.
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Lock picking
Lock picking is the practice of unlocking a lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key.
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Logitech
Logitech International S.A. (stylized in all lowercase) is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software.
Loopback
Loopback (also written loop-back) is the routing of electronic signals or digital data streams back to their source without intentional processing or modification.
Mac (computer)
Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.
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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Military occupation
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.
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Motherboard
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
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Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
Norwegian resistance movement
The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945.
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Office Assistant
The Office Assistant is a discontinued intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character which interfaced with the Office help content.
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Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945–59.
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Oslo
Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was an American company that specialized in manufacturing personal digital assistants (PDAs) and developing software.
Paper Clips Project
The Paper Clips Project, by middle school students from the small southeastern Tennessee town of Whitwell, created a monument for the Holocaust victims of Nazi Germany.
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Post and core
A post and core crown is a type of dental restoration required where there is an inadequate amount of sound tooth tissue remaining to retain a conventional crown.
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Resistance during World War II
During World War II, resistance movements operated in German-occupied Europe by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation to propaganda, hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns.
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RS-232
In telecommunications, RS-232 or Recommended Standard 232 is a standard originally introduced in 1960 for serial communication transmission of data.
Rudolph Ackermann
Rudolph Ackermann (20 April 1764 in Stollberg, Electorate of Saxony – 30 March 1834 in Finchley, London) was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman.
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Sandvika
Sandvika is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway.
SIM card
A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) T-Mobile nano-SIM card with NFC capabilities in the SIM tray of an iPhone 6s cell phone A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephone devices (such as mobile phones and laptops).
Smartphone
A smartphone, often simply called a phone, is a mobile device that combines the functionality of a traditional mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities.
Split pin
A split pin, also known in the US as a cotter pin or cotter key, is a metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation, similar to a staple or rivet. Paper clip and split pin are fasteners.
Spring (device)
A spring is a device consisting of an elastic but largely rigid material (typically metal) bent or molded into a form (especially a coil) that can return into shape after being compressed or extended.
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Staple (fastener)
A staple is a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together. Paper clip and staple (fastener) are fasteners, office equipment and stationery.
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Swedish language
Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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Torsion (mechanics)
In the field of solid mechanics, torsion is the twisting of an object due to an applied torque.
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Treasury tag
A treasury tag, India tag, or string tag is an item of stationery used to fasten sheets of paper together or to a folder. Paper clip and treasury tag are fasteners and stationery.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Universal Paperclips
Universal Paperclips is a 2017 American incremental game created by Frank Lantz of New York University.
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Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Windows 11
Windows 11 is the latest major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021.
Wire
Overhead power cabling. The conductor consists of seven strands of steel (centre, high tensile strength), surrounded by four outer layers of aluminium (high conductivity). Sample diameter 40 mm A wire is a flexible, round, bar of metal.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Products introduced in 1867
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_clip
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