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Pipe
The word pipe can refer to:
a tubular man-made channel, generally round in cross section, for transporting or guiding a fluid substance.
an exhaust pipe , for channelling waste fumes from an engine or stove
certain musical instruments among the wind instruments , specifically woodwinds , characterized as being shaped like a pipe or collection of pipes.
the flute or reed flute
the recorder
a boatswain's pipe, also known as a bosun's whistle
Instruments often referred to by the plural form "pipes":
"Piping" as a verb means playing one of these instruments; The Pied Piper of Hamelin
a smoking pipe , for the smoking of tobacco , or certain recreational drugs
a water pipe , for the smoking of cannabis
in computing:
pipe is the name of the ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): |
in the context of Unix operating systems, a pipe signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program. The Unix shell uses the pipe character (|) to join programs together. See Pipe (computing) , Pipe (Unix) and Pipes and filters .
in internet slang, a pipe refers to a data backbone , or broadband internet access (e.g., a "fat pipe" refers to a high-bandwidth connection).
a vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano , through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
a method of decorating a cake using a pastry bag, a flexible bag from which icing is forced through a small nozzle, to make various designs
a pipe (pasta) is a macaroni like type of pasta.
a large cask for storing fluids, especially wine or oil
a decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
a halfpipe is a semi-circular ramp for performing skateboarding tricks ; by extension, a similar construction in snow for snowboarding
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