Dual In-Line Package


dual in-line package

[¦dü·əl ¦in ‚līn ′pak·ij] (electronics) Microcircuit package with two rows of seven vertical leads that are easily inserted into an etched circuit board. Abbreviated DIP.

Dual In-Line Package

(hardware)(DIL, DIP) The most common type of package forsmall and medium scale integrated circuits, with up to about48 pins. The pins hang vertically from the two long edges ofthe rectangular package, spaced at intervals of 0.1 inch. Thepins fit through holes in the circuit board to which they aresoldered or into a socket.