clip
The term used to describe a video or audio asset, especially after it has been imported into Final Cut Pro. Clips appear in the browser and the timeline.
![An audio clip and video clip in the browser](https://help.apple.com/assets/64FFB258AE78C91D760CB66A/64FFB25D3DC7043983057480/en_US/6a494ba9a9581fb120aeda4f5efc6d07.png)
Clips in Final Cut Pro point to (link to) source media files on a storage device. When you modify a clip, you’re not modifying the media file, just the clip’s information in Final Cut Pro. This is known as nondestructive editing.