Page 347 - Geoffrey Budworth, Jason Dalton "The Little Book of Incredibly Useful Knots"

Stoppers, whippings, and splices

A stopper knot (of which the overhand is the most basic) is generally

made to stop rope from passing through a hole and, incidentally, to

prevent it from unraveling; a whipping offers another way to prevent

fraying. A splice is a permanent means of joining two pieces of rope

(the short splice), binding the end (back splice), or making a loop

(eye splice).