MIP

MIP may refer to:

Science

 * Mixed integer programming, linear programming where some variables are constrained to be integers
 * Minimum Ionizing Particle, in particle physics
 * Maximum intensity projection, a computer visualization method
 * Molecularly imprinted polymer, polymers processed using the molecular imprinting technique with affinity to a chosen 'template molecule'
 * Moon Impact Probe, of the Indian lunar satellite Chandrayaan-1
 * Model Intercomparison Project; see Coupled model intercomparison project
 * MIP, an interactive proof system complexity class; see Interactive proof system
 * Mars ISPP Precursor, a test payload intended to be flown on the cancelled Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander

Biology

 * Macrophage inflammatory protein, in biology
 * Maximum Inspiratory Pressure, the maximum inspiratory pressure is the highest atmospheric pressure developed during inspiration against an occluded airway
 * Methylation induced premeiotically
 * Mid-inguinal point
 * Molecular Inversion Probe
 * Mitochondrial intermediate peptidase, an enzyme
 * MIP (gene), a gene in humans
 * Microprotein, a small protein encoded from small open reading frames

Arts and entertainment

 * Mipcom, a TV and entertainment market
 * museum in progress, a non-commercial art association, based in Vienna
 * Most Improved Player (disambiguation)

Business

 * Mortgage insurance premium
 * Managers in Partnership (MIP), a British trade union for healthcare managers
 * Managing Intellectual Property, a monthly magazine specialized in intellectual property law and business
 * Master in Ingegneria della Produzione (MIP), Politecnico di Milano School of Management
 * Mint in Package; a collectors' abbreviation; see Mint condition

Government and politics

 * Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure, a European Union economic governance procedure
 * Minor in Possession, in U.S. law, obtaining alcohol while under age
 * Multilateral Interoperability Programme, a consortium of 29 NATO and Non-NATO nations
 * Popular Independent Movement (Mouvement indépendant populaire), a Luxembourgian political party in the 1960s

Technology

 * Male Iron Pipe, a plumbing pipe connection to an FIP (Female Iron Pipe); see National Pipe Thread
 * Mega-frame Initialization Packet, an MPEG-2 Transport Stream packet used for synchronization in DVB-T single-frequency networks
 * Memory in Pixel, a type of liquid crystal display
 * Mipmap (multum in parvo, much in little space), a sequences of images, each of which is a progressively lower resolution than the previous
 * Mobile IP, an IP protocol extension to provide mobility in the Internet