Channel
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Channel, Channels, and similar terms may refer to:
- Channels (band)Channels (band)Channels is a rock band. They are based in Baltimore, Maryland.Started in 2003, Channels features Jawbox and Burning Airlines frontman J. Robbins, as well as bassist Janet Morgan and drummer Darren Zentek of Kerosene 454 and Oswego....
, a rock band fronted by ex-Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins - Channels (film), a 2008 film
- Channel, synonym for pre-chorus in popular song structure
- Ion channelIon channelIon channels are pore-forming proteins that help establish and control the small voltage gradient across the plasma membrane of cells by allowing the flow of ions down their electrochemical gradient. They are present in the membranes that surround all biological cells...
, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane - MediumshipMediumshipMediumship is described as a form of communication with spirits. It is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Voodoo and Umbanda.- Concept :...
(also known as channelling), communication with spirits - Meridian (Chinese medicine)Meridian (Chinese medicine)The meridian is a path through which the life-energy known as "qi" is believed to flow, in traditional Chinese medicine. There is no physically verifiable anatomical or histological basis for the existence of acupuncture points or meridians.- Main concepts :...
(or channel), a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong - Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability for an event
Places
- Channel (geography)Channel (geography)In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks.A channel is also the natural or human-made deeper course through a reef, sand bar, bay, or any shallow body of water...
, in physical geography, the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks - Stream channelStream channelStream channel is the physical confine of a stream consisting of a bed and stream banks.Stream channels exist in a variety of geometries. The stream channel development is controlled by both water and sediment movement. There is a difference between low gradient streams and high gradient streams...
, a hydrologic scientific term for physical confine of a stream (river) consisting of stream bed and stream banks
Europe
- English ChannelEnglish ChannelThe English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
, the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France - Channel TunnelChannel TunnelThe Channel Tunnel is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is deep...
, or the Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel linking the U.K. and France - Channel IslandsChannel IslandsThe Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy
North America
- Channel Islands of CaliforniaChannel Islands of CaliforniaThe Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America...
, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California - Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and LabradorChannel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and LabradorChannel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland fronting on the eastern end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of...
, Canada - Channel Lake, IllinoisChannel Lake, IllinoisChannel Lake is a census-designated place in Antioch Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,664 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Channel Lake is located at ....
- Channel, CaliforniaChannel, CaliforniaChannel is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States. It was located north of Magalia. A post office operated at Channel from 1886 to 1890....
, a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States - Channel Home CentersChannel Home CentersChannel Home Centers was a chain of home improvement retail stores that was based in Whippany, New Jersey. The chain of stores was founded in 1948 but could trace its history as far back as 1922 or 1908, when the original lumber company that preceded it was founded...
, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States
Australia
- Channel HighwayChannel HighwayThe Channel Highway is a regional highway that travels south from Hobart To Huonville, Tasmania, Australia. The Channel Highway starts from the end of Sandy Bay Road and travels south toward Huonville via Taroona, Kingston, Huntingfield, Margate, Kettering, Woodbridge and Cygnet. The shortest way...
, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia - Channel ExpressChannel ExpressChannel Express was an airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operated scheduled services from Bournemouth to the Channel Islands and nightly cargo services to Europe and throughout the UK on behalf of Royal Mail and other overnight express carriers...
, a defunct British airline
Business
- Distribution channel, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer
- Marketing channelMarketing channelA marketing channel is a set of practices or activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods, and to move goods, from the point of production to the point of consumption and, as such, which consists of all the institutions and all the marketing activities in the marketing process...
, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption
Technology
- Communication channel, a transmission medium, e.g. a wire, or a multiplexed connection, e.g. a radio channel, used to convey an information signal from a sender to a receiver,
- Channel (digital image)Channel (digital image)Color digital images are made of pixels, and pixels are made of combinations of primary colors. A channel in this context is the grayscale image of the same size as a color image, made of just one of these primary colors. For instance, an image from a standard digital camera will have a red, green...
, the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image - Channel (programming)Channel (programming)A Channel is a construct used in interprocess communication to represent some binding between concurrent processes. An object may be sent over a channel, and a process is able to receive any objects sent over a channel it has a reference to...
, in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication - Television channelTelevision channelA television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart - Channel (broadcasting)Channel (broadcasting)In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast...
, a range of frequencies assigned by a government for broadcasting
Fiction
- Channeler (The Wheel of Time), fictional characters in the Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan
- Channeling (Rolemaster), in the Rolemaster role-playing game
Sport
- Channel (association football), football (soccer) terminology for particular areas of the pitch
- Channel Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Tasmania