Pipeline may refer to:

Electronics, computers and computing

Pipeline (computing) In computing, a pipeline, also known as a data pipeline, is a set of data processing elements connected in series, where the output of one element is the input of the next one. The elements of a pipeline are often executed in parallel or in time- ...

, a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on **

Instruction pipelining In computer engineering, instruction pipelining or ILP is a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor. Pipelining attempts to keep every part of the processor busy with some instruction by dividing incom ...

, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor ***

Classic RISC pipeline In the history of computer hardware, some early reduced instruction set computer central processing units (RISC CPUs) used a very similar architectural solution, now called a classic RISC pipeline. Those CPUs were: MIPS, SPARC, Motorola 88000, ...

, a five-stage hardware based computer instruction set ** Pipeline (software), a chain of data-processing processes or other software entities ***

Pipeline (Unix) In Unix-like computer operating systems, a pipeline is a mechanism for inter-process communication using message passing. A pipeline is a set of processes chained together by their standard streams, so that the output text of each process ('' std ...

, a set of process chained by their ''standard streams'' ***

XML pipeline In software, an XML pipeline is formed when XML (Extensible Markup Language) processes, especially XML transformations and XML validations, are connected. For instance, given two transformations T1 and T2, the two can be connected so that an inpu ...

, a connection of XML transformations ***

CMS Pipelines {{Infobox programming language , name = Pipelines , logo = image:pipjarg1.jpeg , paradigm = Dataflow programming , year = 1986 , developer = IBM , designer = John P. Hartmann ( IBM) , latest_release_version = 1.1.12/0012 , latest_release_date = ...

, an improvement on UNIX piping. Allows multiple streams, moves pointers rather than data, is predictable. **

Graphics pipeline In computer graphics, a computer graphics pipeline, rendering pipeline or simply graphics pipeline, is a conceptual model that describes what steps a graphics system needs to perform to render a 3D scene to a 2D screen. Once ...

, the method of rasterization-based rendering as supported by graphics hardware *

Pipelining (DSP implementation) Pipelining is an important technique used in several applications such as digital signal processing (DSP) systems, microprocessors, etc. It originates from the idea of a water pipe with continuous water sent in without waiting for the water in the p ...

, a transformation for optimizing digital circuit *

Telestream pipeline Pipeline from Telestream is a network video capture and playout hardware device that is used to move SDI and tape-based video and audio in and out of file-based workflows. It is also known as an '' encoder and capturing system for QuickTime and Fi ...

, a video capture and playout hardware device

Physical infrastructure

Pipeline transport Pipeline transport is the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes—a pipeline—typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 count ...

, a conduit made from pipes connected end-to-end for long-distance fluid or gas transport *

Plastic pipework Plastic pipe is a tubular section, or hollow cylinder, made of plastic. It is usually, but not necessarily, of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow—liquids and gases (fluids), slurries, powders and masses of sm ...

, for fluid handling *

Milking pipeline A milking pipeline or milk pipeline is a component of a dairy farm animal-milking operation which is used to transfer milk from the animals to a cooling and storage bulk tank. Setup In small dairy farms with less than 100 cows, goats or sheep ...

, used on a dairy farm to transport fluid milk

Business

Art pipeline The art pipeline is the process of creating and implementing art for a particular project, most commonly associated with the creative process for developing video games. In an era of high-profile video games, wherein the creative energy of the team ...

, process of creating and implementing art for a particular project, most commonly associated with the creative process for developing video games. *

Sales pipeline Sales process engineering is intended to design better ways of selling and make salespeople's efforts more productive. It has been described as "the systematic application of scientific and mathematical principles to achieve the practical goals ...

, a visualisation of the sales process of a company

Places

* Banzai Pipeline, a surfing spot on the North Shore of Oahu ** Mister Pipeline, an Oahu surfer title *

Pipeline, Nairobi Pipeline is a slum-like neighbourhood in Embakasi in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately east of the central business district. It has earned a reputation for its poor infrastructure ...

, a residential neighbourhood in Nairobi * Tolt Pipeline Trail, an equestrian and biking trail in Redmond, Washington, USA and Canada *

Keystone Pipeline The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and as of 31 March 2020 the Government of Alberta. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alber ...

, a partially operational and proposed pipeline from

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

to the

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United ...

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an oil transportation system spanning Alaska, including the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 11 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. TAPS is one o ...

, a pipeline transporting crude oil across

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

from the Prudhoe Bay oil fields

In arts and entertainment

Games

* ''Pipeline'' (game), a 1988 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron *

Pipeline (board game) Pipeline may refer to: Electronics, computers and computing * Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on ** Instruction pipelining, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a ...

, winner of Games Magazine's 1992 Game of the Year award

Literature

Pipeline (comics) This is a list of some of the major foes of the Marvel Comics superhero team, the X-Men. Central rogues' gallery Other recurring antagonists Teams See also * List of X-Men members References {{DEFAULTSORT:X-Men Enemies, List Of Enemie ...

, a character from Marvel Comics with the ability to teleport himself and others * ''

Pipeline Pipeline may refer to: Electronics, computers and computing * Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on ** Instruction pipelining, a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a s ...

'', a 2017 play written by

Dominique Morisseau Dominique Morisseau (born March 13, 1978) is an American playwright and actress from Detroit, Michigan. She has authored over nine plays, three of which are part of a cycle titled ''The Detroit Project.'' She was a recipient of the MacArthur Fel ...

Music

Pipeline (instrumental) "Pipeline" is a surf rock instrumental by The Chantays (credited as "Chantay's"), which was recorded in July 1962. History The tune, originally called "Liberty's Whip" after ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'', was renamed after the band membe ...

, a 1963 song by the Chantays * Pipeline Music, a record label * "Pipeline", a 1983 song by Depeche Mode from the album ''

Construction Time Again ''Construction Time Again'' is the third studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 22 August 1983 by Mute Records. It was the band's first album to feature Alan Wilder as a member, who wrote the songs "Two Minute ...

'' * "Pipeline", a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album '' Ammonia Avenue'' *

BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is a Scotland, Scottish radio station, radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same na ...

, a programme of music on the bagpipes

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Pipeline'' (film), a 2021 South Korean heist film *

CNN Pipeline CNN Pipeline was an English language video news service providing both live and on-demand video to subscribers' computers via broadband Internet connections. It was part of the CNN group of news services. The service was subscription-based, and d ...

, a streaming video service by CNN

Roller coasters

* Pipeline roller coaster, a roller coaster model * Pipeline: The Surf Coaster, a roller coaster at

SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld Orlando is a theme park and marine zoological park, in Orlando, Florida. It is owned and operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. When combined with its neighbor Discovery Cove and Aquatica, it forms SeaWorld Parks and Resorts Or ...

Orlando Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

Other uses

The Pipeline The Pipeline was one of the earliest American Internet service providers. It was founded in December 1993 in New York City by the science and technology writer James Gleick and computer programmer Uday Ivatury, who had met at the Manhattan Brid ...

, a former internet service provider *

School-to-prison pipeline In the United States, the school-to-prison pipeline (SPP), also known as the school-to-prison link, school–prison nexus, or schoolhouse-to-jailhouse track, is the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgroun ...

, a pattern in the U.S., described by scholars and reform activists, of pushing disadvantaged students out of school and into the criminal justice system * Drug pipeline, the drugs a pharmaceutical company has in development {{Disambiguation