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Geography

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Channel (geography) In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of water or of other fluids (e.g., lava), most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait. The word is ...
, in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.


Australia

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Channel Country The Channel Country is a region of outback Australia mostly in the state of Queensland but also in parts of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. The name comes from the numerous intertwined rivulets that cross the region, ...
, region of outback Australia in Queensland and partly in South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. * Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia.


Europe

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Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy *
Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles ( Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. ...
or Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel *
English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" ( Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kan ...
, called simply "The Channel", the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France


North America

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Channel Islands of California The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. The four Northern Channel Islands are part of the Transverse Ranges geologic province, a ...
, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, United States * Channel Lake, Illinois, a census-designated place in Lake County, Illinois, United States * Channels State Forest, a state forest in Virginia, United States * Channel,
Channel-Port aux Basques Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western 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 Newfou ...
, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; a town district


Other places

* Channel Glacier, a glacier in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica * Channel Rock (disambiguation), various rocks


Arts, entertainment, and media


Television

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Channel Television ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programme for insertion into the ...
, a division of British ITV * Channels TV (Niger) A company of Tele Sahel.


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Channeler (''The Wheel of Time''), fictional characters in the ''Wheel of Time'' fantasy book series by Robert Jordan * Channeling (Rolemaster), a magic element in the Rolemaster role-playing game *
Channels (band) Channels is a rock band based in Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2003. The band features Jawbox Jawbox is an American alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1989 by J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Kim Coletta (bass), and Adam ...
, fronted by former Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins * ''Channels'' (film), a 2008 film * Pre-chorus, or build or channel, part of a song structure of popular music


Science and technology


Communications

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Communication channel A communication channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking. A channel is used for informa ...
, a transmission medium used to convey information **
Audio channel An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals, or a series of binary numbers for digital signals. Audio signals have frequencies in the audio frequency range of r ...
, a communications channel in a storage device used in operations such as multitrack recording and playback **
Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel or frequency channel is a designated radio frequency (or, equivalently, wavelength), assigned by a competent frequency assignment authority for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or televis ...
, a range of frequencies assigned for the operation of a television, radio, or other broadcast station ***
Television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with ...
, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart **
Channel (digital image) Color digital images are made of pixels, and pixels are made of combinations of primary colors represented by a series of code. A channel in this context is the grayscale image of the same size as a color image, made of just one of these primary ...
, the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image **
Channel (programming) In computing, a channel is a model for interprocess communication and synchronization via message passing. A message may be sent over a channel, and another process or thread is able to receive messages sent over a channel it has a reference to, ...
, in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication **
Channel I/O In computing, channel I/O is a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture that is implemented in various forms on a number of computer architectures, especially on mainframe computers. In the past, channels were generally implemented with cus ...
, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture ** Video blog, hosted by a video-sharing website or channel


Other uses in science and technology

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Channel (semiconductor) The field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor that uses an electric field to control the flow of current in a semiconductor. FETs ( JFETs or MOSFETs) are devices with three terminals: ''source'', ''gate'', and ''drain''. FETs co ...
, a part of the structure of a field-effect transistor *
Ion channel Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore. Their functions include establishing a resting membrane potential, shaping action potentials and other electrical signals by gating the flow of ...
, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane *
Scattering channel In scattering theory, a scattering channel is a quantum state of the colliding system before or after the collision ( t \to \pm \infty ). The Hilbert space spanned by the states before collision (in states) is equal to the space spanned by the ...
, a concept in quantum mechanics *
Strut channel Strut channel, often referred to colloquially by one of several manufacturer trade names, is a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries for light structural support, often for supporting wiring, plumb ...
, a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries *
Structural channel The structural channel, also known as a C-channel or Parallel Flange Channel (PFC), is a type of (usually structural steel) beam, used primarily in building construction and civil engineering. Its cross section consists of a wide "web", usually b ...


Brands and enterprises

* The Channel (nightclub), a music venue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. * Channel Express, a defunct British airline * Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States


Business and legal terms

* Channel (chart pattern), a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity *
Distribution channel Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it. This can be done directly by the producer or service p ...
, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer * Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability *
Marketing channel A marketing channel consists of the people, organizations, and activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption. It is the way products get to the end-user, the consumer; and is also ...
, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption


Sports

* Channel (association football), football (soccer) terminology for particular areas of the pitch * Channel (horse), a racehorse * Channel Football Club, an Australian football club in Tasmania


Other uses

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Channel catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States ...
, a catfish species in North America * Meridian (Chinese medicine), or channels, a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong *
Mediumship Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or spi ...
or channelling, communication with spirits


See also

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Canal (disambiguation) A canal is a human-made channel for water. Canal may also refer to: People (Alphabetical by surname) * David Canal (born 1978), Spanish sprinter * Esteban Canal (1896-1981), Peruvian chess player * Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697–1768), Venetia ...
* Chanel (disambiguation) * Channeling (disambiguation) * {{disambiguation