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Pipe(s), PIPE(S) or piping may refer to:


Objects

* Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules **
Piping Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gases) from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid. Industrial process piping (and accompa ...
, the use of pipes in industry *
Smoking pipe A smoking pipe is used to inhale the smoke of a burning substance; most common is a tobacco pipe, which can also accommodate almost any other substance. Pipes are commonly made from briar, heather, corn, meerschaum, clay, cherry, glass, porcela ...
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Tobacco pipe A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. Pipes can range from very simp ...
* Half-pipe and
quarter pipe A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, skating, and scooter riding. Overview The structure resembles a cross-section of a swimming pool, essentially two concave ra ...
, semi-circular ramps for performing skateboarding/snowboarding tricks *
Piping (sewing) In sewing, piping is a type of trim or embellishment consisting of a strip of folded fabric so as to form a "pipe" inserted into a seam to define the edges or style lines of a garment or other textile object. Usually the fabric strip is cut on th ...
, tubular ornamental fabric sewn around the edge of a garment * ''For the musical instruments'', see below


Music

* Pipe (instrument), a traditional perforated wind instrument *
Bagpipe Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, ...
, a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds ** Pipes and drums or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes * Organ pipe, one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ * Pan pipes, see Pan flute, an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe * Piped music, or elevator music, a type of background music * "Pipe", by Christie Front Drive from ''Christie Front Drive (EP), Christie Front Drive'', 1994


Computing

* Pipeline (Unix) * Anonymous pipe and named pipe, a one-way communication channel used for inter-process communication * "PHY Interface for PCI Express" (PIPE), the name of a specification for the PCI Express#Physical layer, PCI Express physical layer * Yahoo! Pipes *sspipes.scr, a screensaver for Microsoft Windows * PIPE Networks, an Australian company primarily involved in setting up peering exchanges


Technology

* Pipe (casting), a type of metal-casting defect * Boatswain's pipe, an instrument used for signalling or to issue commands on a warship * PIPES, a common buffer used in chemistry and biology laboratory work * Pipe (car), a Belgian automobile manufacturer


Places

* Pipe, Wisconsin, United States * ''Pipe'', the Hungarian name for Pipea village, NadeČ™ Commune, MureČ™ County, Romania


People

* Jules Pipe CBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, UK * Pipes (surname)


Other uses

* Vertical bar, sometimes called "pipe", the character * Pipe (letter), the IPA letter for a dental click * Pipe (unit) or butt, a cask measurement for wine barrels * Volcanic pipe, a deep, narrow cone of solidified magma * PIPE deal or private investment in public equity * Pipes, a slang term for arm muscles *''The Pipes'', a 1966 Czech film * "Pipes", an List of The Good Doctor episodes#ep4, episode of ''The Good Doctor''


See also

* Pipeline (disambiguation) * Piper (disambiguation) * Pipette, used in chemistry and biology laboratory work * Piping bags or pastry bags, in cooking, are used to ''pipe'' semi-solid foods onto other foods (e.g., icing on a cake) * Postpipe, archaeological remains of a timber in a posthole * * {{Disambiguation