Pipe
Encyclopedia
Pipe may refer to:
  • Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules
  • Smoking pipe
    Smoking pipe
    A smoking pipe for tobacco smoking typically consists of a chamber for the combustion of tobacco and a thin stem ending in a mouthpiece...

  • Pipe (unit) or butt, a cask measurement
  • Pipe (casting), a type of metal casting defect
  • PIPES
    PIPES
    PIPES is the common name for piperazine-N,N′-bis, and frequently used buffering agent in biochemistry. It is an ethanesulfonic acid buffer developed by Good et al. in the 1960s.-Applications:...

    , a common buffer used in chemistry and biology laboratory work
  • PIPE deal or private investment in public equity
  • Boatswain's pipe
    Boatswain's pipe
    A boatswain's call or pipe is a pipe used on naval ships by a boatswain. It is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, "bosun's call".The pipe consists of a narrow tube which directs air over a metal sphere with a hole in the top. The player opens and closes the hand over the hole to change the pitch...

    , an official announcement made on a ship's internal broadcast system

Music

  • Pipe (instrument)
    Pipe (instrument)
    Pipe describes a number of musical instruments, historically referring to perforated wind instruments. The word is an onomatopoeia, and comes from the tone which can resemble that of a bird chirping.-Folk pipe:...

    , a traditional perforated wind instrument
  • Bagpipe, a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds
    • Uilleann pipes
      Uilleann pipes
      The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...

      , a unique form of bagpipes originating in Ireland
    • Pipes and drums or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes
  • Pan pipes, an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe
  • Organ pipe
    Organ pipe
    An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air is driven through it. Each pipe is tuned to a specific note of the musical scale...

    , one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ
  • Boatswain's pipe
    Boatswain's pipe
    A boatswain's call or pipe is a pipe used on naval ships by a boatswain. It is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, "bosun's call".The pipe consists of a narrow tube which directs air over a metal sphere with a hole in the top. The player opens and closes the hand over the hole to change the pitch...

    , also known as a bosun's whistle

Computing

  • Pipeline (computing), a set of data processing elements connected in series
    • Pipeline (software)
      Pipeline (software)
      In software engineering, a pipeline consists of a chain of processing elements , arranged so that the output of each element is the input of the next. Usually some amount of buffering is provided between consecutive elements...

      , a chain of processes or other data processing entities
  • Vertical bar
    Vertical bar
    The vertical bar is a character with various uses in mathematics, where it can be used to represent absolute value, among others; in computing and programming and in general typography, as a divider not unlike the interpunct...

    , sometimes called "pipe", the ASCII character "|"
  • Pipeline (Unix)
    Pipeline (Unix)
    In Unix-like computer operating systems , a pipeline is the original software pipeline: a set of processes chained by their standard streams, so that the output of each process feeds directly as input to the next one. Each connection is implemented by an anonymous pipe...

    , a set of processes chained by their standard streams
  • PIPE (electronics), Physical Interface for PCI Express

Proper noun

  • Pipe, Wisconsin
    Pipe, Wisconsin
    Pipe, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Calumet in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Pipe is located approximately one mile east of Lake Winnebago. Its name comes from a translation of the Menomonee name for the area: Calumet.-History:...

    , United States
  • Jules Pipe
    Jules Pipe
    Julian Benjamin Pipe CBE is the first directly elected Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney since his election in October 2002.He worked as a journalist until taking on the full-time position as Mayor....

     CBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, UK
  • Pipes (surname)
    Pipes (surname)
    -People with the family name:*William Thomas Pipes, , Canadian politician*Martin L. Pipes , American judge*David W. Pipes, Jr...

  • Pipes (Transformers)
    Pipes (Transformers)
    Pipes is the name of two fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Both are Autobot trucks.-Transformers: Generation 1:His original tech spec reads: The more seemingly worthless a gadget, the more Pipes is fascinated by it...

    , a fictional character
  • PIPE Networks
    PIPE Networks
    PIPE Networks is an Australian company, based in Brisbane, Queensland, primarily involved in setting up peering exchanges. PIPE itself stands for "Public Internet Peering Exchange"...

    , an Australian company, based in Brisbane, Queensland, primarily involved in setting up peering exchanges
  • Pipe, the Hungarian
    Hungarian language
    Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

     name for Pipea village, Nadeş
    Nades
    Nades is a commune in the Allier department and Auvergne region of France.-Population:...

     Commune, Mureş County, Romania

Other uses

  • Volcanic pipe
    Volcanic pipe
    Volcanic pipes are subterranean geological structures formed by the violent, supersonic eruption of deep-origin volcanoes. They are considered to be a type of diatreme. Volcanic pipes are composed of a deep, narrow cone of solidified magma , and are usually largely composed of one of two...

    , a deep, narrow cone of solidified magma
  • Postpipe
    Postpipe
    In archaeology, a postpipe is the term given to the remains of an upright timber placed in a posthole. Given the right conditions, timbers may survive over long periods of time and a recovered postpipe can simply be of solid wood...

    , archaeological remains of a timber in a posthole
  • Half-pipe
    Half-pipe
    A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, and inline skating. The structure is wood, concrete, metal, earth, or snow. It resembles a cross section of a swimming pool, essentially two concave ramps , topped by copings and...

     and quarter pipe
    Quarter pipe
    A Quarter pipe is a ramp used in extreme sports which resembles a quarter of the cross section of a pipe. They are most commonly found in skateparks and a skiing/snowboarding terrain park, although the trained eye of an extreme sports fan can find them in modern day architecture...

    , semi-circular ramps for performing skateboarding/snowboarding tricks
  • Piping (sewing)
    Piping (sewing)
    In sewing, piping is a type of trim or embellishment consisting of a strip of folded fabric inserted into a seam to define the edges or style lines of a garment or other textile object. Usually the fabric strip is cut on the bias, and often it is folded over a cord...

    , tubular ornamental fabric sewn around the edge of a garment
  • Piping bags are used to pipe semi-solid foods onto other foods (e.g. icing on a cake)
  • Pipe (car)
    Pipe (car)
    Pipe was a Belgian automobile manufacturer founded by the brothers Alfred and Victor Goldschmidt. The company was also known as 'Compagnie Belge de Construction Automobiles'....

    , a Belgian automobile manufacturer

See also

  • Piper (disambiguation)
  • Piping
    Piping
    Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid....

    , the use of pipes in industry
  • Pipette
    Pipette
    A pipette is a laboratory tool used to transport a measured volume of liquid.-Use and variations:Pipettes are commonly used in molecular biology, analytical chemistry as well as medical tests...

    , used in chemistry and biology laboratory work
  • Pipe Mania (video game), a video game
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK