Pipeline

The word pipeline has many meanings:

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• A pipeline transport is a conduit made from pipes connected end-to-end. It is used mostly to transport fluids like water or petroleum over long distances.
• A pipeline in computer science, electrical engineering, and general manufacturing is used as a metaphor for a chain of transformative stages where the output of one stage is input for the next one.
• Pipelining in computing increases the overall throughput of the system by breaking up a large batch computation into smaller ones which can be executed independently.
• The Banzai Pipeline is a surfing spot on Oahu's North Shore famous for enormous, gaping, fast-breaking waves thrown up by winter swells.
• Pipeline is a 1963 song by surf rock band The Chantays.