Pipe

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Template:Wiktionarypar Pipe may refer to:

Contents 1 In physical sciences 2 In computer science 3 In music 4 Other uses 5 See also

In physical sciences

A channel for carrying fluids:

• Water pipe, for transporting water
• Pipe (material), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules
• Tubing (material), a flexible alternative to pipe

The various uses of pipes:

• Piping, the use of pipes in industry
• Pipeline transport, for many forms of long-distance fluid transport
• Plumbing, residential or commercial pipe systems for water or sewage
• Irrigation, the use of pipes to provide water to plants

A channel for carrying fumes:

• Exhaust pipe, used to channel waste fumes from an engine or stove
• Smoking pipe, for the smoking of tobacco or other drugs
  • Crackpipe
  • Bong or hookah, both sometimes referred to as water pipes

A pipe-shaped structure:

• Volcanic pipe, a deep, narrow cone of solidified magma
• Postpipe, archaeological remains of a timber in a posthole
• Half-pipe and Quarter pipe, semi-circular ramps for performing skateboarding/snowboarding tricks
• Pipe, or butt, a cask measurement

In computer science

• Pipe or vertical bar, the ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary): |
• Pipe (computing), or pipeline, a set of processes chained by their standard streams
• Pipes and filters, a chain of processes or other data processing entities

In music

• Bagpipe, a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds
  • Pipes and drums, or pipe bands comprised of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes
• Pan pipes, an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe
• Uilleann pipes, a unique form of bagpipes originating in Ireland
• Organ pipe, one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ
• Pitch pipe, a small device which may be described as a musical instrument
• Boatswain's pipe, also known as a bosun's whistle
• Pipe, informal term for the flute or recorder

Other uses

• Piping (sewing), a cord or string covered in fabric that is used for embellishment

See also

• PIPE
• Piper (disambiguation)
• Pipette, used in chemistry and biology laboratory work
• Pipeline
• Smoking pipe
• a Belgian car brand Pipe

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