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Originating from the Latin word "stripus"; a stripe is a long, straight region of a single color; it may refer to:

• Candystripe, a pattern of diagonal stripes twisted around a cylinder stereotypically embodied by the candy cane
• Candystriper, a nickname for a female hospital volunteer derived from a formerly common outfit
• Chevron (insignia), sometimes referred to as stripes, a mark of military rank
• Data striping, the segmentation of logically sequential data so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices
• Go-faster stripes, refer to an imitative decoration applied to cars to make them appear to be modified for extra speed
• Magnetic stripe card, a type of card capable of storing data via magnetism
• Red Stripe, a Jamaican lager-style beer whose logo is a bold, diagonal red stripe
• Service stripe, an award in the United States armed forces
• S.T.R.I.P.E. (aka Pat Dugan), a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe
• Striped paint, a classic example of a snipe hunt, a type of prank
• The Candystripes, nickname for Derry City F.C., an Irish football club

In entertainment:

• Red Stripe (Flying Pickets), a member of the famous a cappella group The Flying Pickets
• Stripes (film), a 1981 American comedy film
• The White Stripes, a Grammy Award-winning American rock music duo from Detroit
  • The White Stripes (album), the self-titled debut album by American rock band, The White Stripes

In animals:

• Green-striped White, a butterfly in the Pieridae family
• Stripe-backed Wren, a bird found in the savannas of northern Colombia and central Venezuela
• Striped bass ("striper"), a member of the temperate bass family
• Striped Dolphin, an extensively studied dolphin that is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans
• Striped Hyena, a close relative of the Brown Hyena
• Three-striped Night Monkey, one of several species of owl monkeys
• Striped Skunk, a member of the skunk family

In places:

• Stripe, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

[edit] See also

• Candy stripe
• Stars and Stripes Forever
• Stars & Stripes

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