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Stovepipe may refer to:
Clothing
- Stovepipe hat, a tall top hat with a consistent width
- Stovepipe pants, style of slim-fit pants also known as drainpipes
Computing and information theory
- Stovepipe (organisation), where the structure of the organization restricts flow of information through rigid lines of control
- Stovepipe system, the informal name given to a category of criticisms applied to assemblages of technology, sometimes also referred to as "stovepiping"
- Stovepiping, the use of improper channels to pass unvetted information to policy-makers
- In load balancing (computing), a method of enterprise design
Geography
- Stovepipe Wells, a small way-station in the northern part of Death Valley, in unincorporated Inyo County, California
- Stovepipe Wells Airport, a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) west of Death Valley National Park, serving Inyo County, California, USA
People
- Stovepipe Johnson (1834–1922), American Civil War colonel
- Daddy Stovepipe (1867–1963), African-American blues singer
Other uses
- Devil's stovepipe, a hole formed when a tree that has been buried by an encroaching sand dune decomposes
- Stovepipe Cup, a design of the NHL's Stanley Cup, in use from 1927 to 1947
- Stovepipe (instrument), a musical instrument often used in jug bands
- Stovepipe jam, a type of firearm malfunction
- Stovepipe (play), by Adam Brace, produced in collaboration with the National Theatre in London in 2009
- Stovepipe tornado, storm chaser slang for a large cylindrically-shaped tornado
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