Pipeline

Pipeline may refer to:

In technology

Electronics and computing

• Pipeline (computing), a chain of data-processing stages or a CPU optimization found on
  • Instruction pipelining
    • Classic RISC pipeline, a five-stage hardware based computer instruction set
  • Pipeline (software), a chain of data-processing processes or other software entities
    • Pipeline (Unix), a set of process chained by their standard streams
    • XML pipeline, a connection of XML transformations
  • Graphics pipeline, the method of rasterization-based rendering as supported by graphics hardware
• Pipelining (DSP implementation), a transformation for optimizing digital circuit
• Telestream pipeline, a video capture and playout hardware device

Physical infrastructure

• Pipeline transport, a conduit made from pipes connected end-to-end for long-distance fluid or gas transport
• Plastic pipework, for fluid handling
• Milking pipeline, used on a dairy farm to transport fluid milk

Other uses in technology

• Sales pipeline, a visualisation of the sales process of a company

In arts and entertainment

Games

• Pipeline (game), a 1989 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron
• Pipeline (board game), winner of Games Magazine's 1992 Game of the Year award

Literature

• Pipeline (comics), a character from Marvel Comics with the ability to teleport himself and others
• Pipeline (magazine), an independent contemporary art magazine based in Hong Kong
• Pipeline Instrumental Review, a music magazine dedicated to instrumental music

Music

• Pipeline (instrumental), a 1963 song by the Chantays
• Pipeline Music, a record label
• "Pipeline", a 1983 song by Depeche Mode from the album Construction Time Again
• "Pipeline", a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album Ammonia Avenue
• BBC Radio Scotland, a programme of music on the bagpipes

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Pipeline (film), a 2007 horror film
• CNN Pipeline, a streaming video service by CNN

Other uses

• The Pipeline, a former internet service provider
• School-to-prison pipeline, 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
• Banzai Pipeline, a popular Hawaiian surfing reef break