Meaning

• A long, relatively straight region of a single colour.

  "zebra stripes"

• (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

• Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.

  "persons of the same political stripe"

• A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.

• A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

• Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.

• A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.

Meaning

• To mark with stripes.

• To lash with a whip or strap.

• To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.