1. < language> (clıps) a language produced by gary riley of nasa jsc in houston, texas, for developing expert systems, with the inferencing and representation capabilities of ops5 and support for forward chaining rule-based, object-oriented and procedural programming. clıps has a lisp-like syntax. ıt is available for ms-dos and comes with source code in c. cosmıc, u georgia, (404) 542-3265. austin code works info@acw.com (512) 258-0785. versions include clıps 5.1, clıps/ada 4.3 and clıps6.0 (see pclıps). home. e-mail: service@cossack.cosmic.uga.edu. telnet: cosmic.uga.edu, user: cosline. u. michigan, ensmp, france. [expert systems: principles and programming, joseph giarratano and gary riley, pws publ 1994, ısbn 0-534-93744-6]. (1994-12-16)