stripe

Meanings

Noun

• A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
• A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
• The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
• Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
• A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
• A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
• A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
• Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
• A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.

Verb

• To mark with stripes.
• To lash with a whip or strap.
• To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

Origin

• From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe, Dutch strippen