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Meaning:

Noun:

  • a channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
  • a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc
  • a system through which something is conducted
  • surfing: The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when wave has started closing over.

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Verb:

  • transitive To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.
  • transitive To convey something by a system of pipes
  • transitive To lay a system of pipes through something

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