The word
pipe can refer to:
- a tubular man-made channel, generally round in cross section, for transporting or guiding a fluid substance.
- an exhaust pipe, for channelling waste fumes from an engine or stove
- in computing:
- pipe is the name of the ASCII character at position 124 (decimal): |
- in the context of Unix operating systems, a pipe signifies that the output of one program feeds directly as input to another program. The Unix shell uses the pipe character (|) to join programs together. See Pipe (computing).
- a vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
- a method of icing a cake using a flexible decorating bag to force icing through a small nozzle to make various designs
- a large cask[?] for storing fluids, especially wine or oil
- a decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
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