FACTOID # 94: In pure number terms, more crimes are committed in America than in any other nation. The same goes for burglaries, car thefts, rapes and assaults.
 
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Encyclopedia > V.I.P.

VIP is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: This article describes three-letter acronyms. ...

  • V.I.P. means "very important person" and often refers to Heads of State, politicians, the wealthy or celebrities.
  • A Ventilated Improved Pit Latrine (VIP latrine) is a type of Pit latrine that uses ventilation and other improvements for better hygiene.
  • V.I.P. was also an American television series starring Pamela Anderson as private investigator Valerie Irons. The show ran in syndication for four seasons.
  • Vasoactive intestinal peptide is an enteric hormone which typically relaxes smooth muscle parasympathetically, perhaps by releasing nitric oxide.
  • When you see a VIP remix of some drum'n'bass or dance song, it usually indicates that it is a remix by a friend or by the original producer of the song that is not meant to be signed to a label. Instead, the remix is given to a few people only. Some of these remixes are eventually released.
  • Voting Integrity Project
  • Virtual IP
  • "VIP" was the pen name of the cartoonist Virgil Franklin Partch
  • Vacuum insulated panels provide high insulation values using the lack of heat transfer through a vacuum.
  • The Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress (WP:VIP) page is used to report malicious editing of Wikipedia content.
  • The widely applied Vision in Product Design method, an approach to designing that focuses on possibilities rather than problem solving, was developed at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology in the mid 1990s.


 

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