Stripe Explained

Stripe, striped, or stripes may refer to:

Decorations

• Stripe (pattern), a line or band that differs in colour or tone from an adjacent surface
• Racing stripe, a vehicle decoration
• Service stripe, a decoration of the U.S. military

Entertainment

• Stripes (film), a 1981 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman
• Striped 2, a television ident for BBC Two television
• S.T.R.I.P.E., a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe
• Stripe, the main antagonist character in the film Gremlins
• "Stripes", an episode of the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi!
• Uncle Stripe, the brother of Bandit Heeler in TV series Bluey

Organizations

• Stripe, Inc., an online payment processor
• Stripes Convenience Stores, a chain of convenience stores in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
• Stripes (growth equity firm), a New York-based growth equity firm that invests in private software and branded consumer products companies
• Stripe, brand name for the first striped toothpaste

Technology

• Stripes (framework), an open source web application framework based on the model–view–controller (MVC)
• Data striping, a data storage technique
• Magnetic stripe, a method for storing data, such as on a credit card

Other uses

• Stripe (billiard ball), billiard balls numbered 9 through 15
• Stripes (prison uniform), the uniform worn by detainees
• Stripe, County Fermanagh, a townland in Northern Ireland; see List of townlands in County Fermanagh

See also

• Candy stripe (disambiguation)
• Chevron (insignia), a V-shaped pattern often used in police or military uniforms
• Stars and bars (disambiguation)
• Stars & Stripes (disambiguation)
• Strip (disambiguation)
• Striper Morone saxatilis, a marine fish
• Stryper, a glam metal band from Orange County, California
• Warming stripes, a data visualization technique for global warming