Dictionary Definition

pipeline

1 gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: grapevine, word of mouth]

2 a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport" [syn: line]

User Contributed Dictionary

a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc

An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.
a channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).

3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.
a system through which something is conducted

A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled-out.
In the context of "Surfing": : The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when wave has started closing over.

a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc

a channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially

a system through which something is conducted

The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when wave has started closing over

To convey something by a system of pipes

To lay a system of pipes through something

Pipeline may refer to:

Pipeline transport, a conduit made from pipes connected end-to-end for long-distance fluid transport
Plastic pressure pipeline, for fluid handling
Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on modern processors
- Pipeline (software), a chain of data-processing processes or other software entities
- Graphics pipeline, the method of rasterization-based rendering as supported by graphics hardware
- Pipeline (Unix), a set of process chained by their standard streams
- XML pipeline, a connection of XML transformations
Banzai Pipeline, a surfing spot on the North Shore of Oahu
- Mister Pipeline, an Oahu surfer title
Tolt pipeline trail, an equestrian and biking trail in Redmond, Washington, USA
Pipeline card, a discount scheme (currently in planning) in the UK which aims to give 5p-7p discount on petrol and diesel
Sales pipeline, a visualisation of the sales process of a company

In entertainment:

"Pipeline" (song), a 1963 song by surf rock band The Chantays, also recorded by Johnny Thunders, Hank Marvin, and The Ventures
Pipeline (game), a 1989 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron
Pipeline Instrumental Review, a music magazine dedicated to instrumental music
"Pipeline" (Depeche Mode song), a song by Depeche Mode from the album Construction Time Again
CNN Pipeline, a streaming video service by CNN
Pipeline (film), a 2007 film by Jordan Alan
"Pipeline" (instrumental), a song by The Alan Parsons Project from the album Ammonia Avenue
Pipeline Music, a record label
Pipeline (comics), a character from Marvel Comics with the ability to teleport himself and others

pipeline in German: Pipeline (Begriffsklärung)

pipeline in French: Pipeline

pipeline in Italian: Pipeline

pipeline in Japanese: パイプライン

pipeline in Turkish: Boru hattı (anlam ayrımı)

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