Pipe may refer to:

In physical sciences

• Water pipe, for transporting water
• Pipe (material), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules
• Tubing (material), a flexible alternative to pipe

The various uses of pipes:

• Piping, the use of pipes in industry
• Pipeline transport, for many forms of long-distance fluid transport
• Plumbing, residential or commercial pipe systems for water or sewage
• Irrigation, the use of pipes to provide water to plants

A channel for carrying fumes:

• Exhaust pipe, used to channel waste fumes from an engine or stove
• Smoking pipe, for the smoking of tobacco or drugs
  • Crackpipe
  • Bong or hookah, both sometimes referred to as water pipes

A pipe-shaped structure:

• Volcanic pipe, a deep, narrow cone of solidified magma
• Postpipe, archaeological remains of a timber in a posthole
• Half-pipe and Quarter pipe, semi-circular ramps for performing skateboarding/snowboarding tricks
• Pipe, or butt, a cask measurement

In computer science

• Pipe or vertical bar, the ASCII character at position 124 (decimal), 7C (hex), 01111100 (binary), character '|'
• Pipeline (Unix), a set of processes chained by their standard streams
• Pipeline (software), a chain of processes or other data processing entities

In music

• Bagpipe, a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds
  • Pipes and drums, or pipe bands comprised of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes
• Pan pipes, an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe
• Uilleann pipes, a unique form of bagpipes originating in Ireland
• Organ pipe, one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ
• Pitch pipe, a small device which may be described as a musical instrument
• Boatswain's pipe, also known as a bosun's whistle
• Pipe, informal term for the flute or recorder

Other uses

• Piping (sewing), a cord or string covered in fabric that is used for embellishment
• Pipe (car), a Belgian car brand

See also

• PIPE
• PIPES, a common buffer used in chemistry and biology laboratory work
• Piper (disambiguation)
• Pipette, used in chemistry and biology laboratory work
• Pipeline
• _Pi#Pio_-_Pis

External links

• Various type of pipe and pipe fittings with accessories includes many useful information i.e. technical details, design data, how to install, maintain, etc.

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