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 ...

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 A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common. The most common form of pipe band consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland bagpipe, a ...

or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes *

Organ pipe An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air (commonly referred to as ''wind'') is driven through it. Each pipe is tuned to a specific note of the musical scale. A set o ...

, one of the tuned resonators that produces the main sound of a pipe organ * Pan pipes, see

Pan flute A pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth). Multiple varieties of pan flutes have been ...

, an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe *

Piped music Elevator music (also known as Muzak, piped music, or lift music) is a type of background music played in rooms where many people come together (that is, with no intention whatsoever to listen to music), and music on hold, during telephone calls w ...

, or elevator music, a type of background music * "Pipe", by Christie Front Drive from ''

Christie Front Drive Christie Front Drive was an emo band from Denver, Colorado active between 1993 and 1997. The lineup consisted of Eric Richter (vocals and guitar), Jason Begin (guitar), Kerry McDonald (bass) and Ron Marschall (drums). Bands such as Superchunk, J ...

'', 1994

Computing

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 ...

Anonymous pipe In computer science, an anonymous pipe is a simplex FIFO communication channel that may be used for one-way interprocess communication (IPC). An implementation is often integrated into the operating system's file IO subsystem. Typically a par ...

and

named pipe In computing, a named pipe (also known as a FIFO for its behavior) is an extension to the traditional pipe concept on Unix and Unix-like systems, and is one of the methods of inter-process communication (IPC). The concept is also found in OS/2 and ...

, 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 *

Yahoo! Pipes Yahoo! Pipes was a web application from Yahoo! that provided a graphical user interface for building data mashups that aggregate web feeds, web pages, and other services; creating Web-based apps from various sources; and publishing those apps. ...

*sspipes.scr, a screensaver for Microsoft Windows *

PIPE Networks PIPE Networks (also known as PIPE) is an Australian telecommunications company, based in Brisbane, Queensland. It is a subsidiary of TPG Telecom. Its primary business is setting up peering exchanges. PIPE itself stands for "Public Internet Pe ...

, an Australian company primarily involved in setting up peering exchanges

Technology

Pipe (casting) A casting defect is an undesired irregularity in a metal casting process. Some defects can be tolerated while others can be repaired, otherwise they must be eliminated. They are broken down into five main categories: ''gas porosity'', ''shrinkag ...

, a type of metal-casting defect *

Boatswain's pipe A boatswain's call, pipe or bosun's whistle is a pipe or a non-diaphragm type whistle used on naval ships by a boatswain. The pipe consists of a narrow tube (the gun) which directs air over a metal sphere (the buoy) with a hole in the top. The ...

, an instrument used for signalling or to issue commands on a warship *

PIPES Pipe(s), PIPE(S) or piping may refer to: Objects * Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules ** Piping, the use of pipes in industry * Smoking pipe ** Tobacco pipe * Half-pipe and quarter pipe, semi-circula ...

, a common buffer used in chemistry and biology laboratory work *

Pipe (car) Pipe was a Belgian automobile manufacturer founded by the brothers Alfred and Victor Goldschmidt. The company was also known as Compagnie Belge de Construction Automobiles. In 1900 they presented their first car in Brussels under the name Pipe ...

, a Belgian automobile manufacturer

Places

Pipe, Wisconsin Pipe, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Calumet in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located approximately east of Lake Winnebago. History On September 25, 1817, United States Army Judge Advocate Samue ...

, United States * ''Pipe'', the Hungarian name for Pipea village,

Nadeș Nadeș ( hu, Szásznádas, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Nadesch) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Măgheruș (''Küküllőmagyarós''), Nadeș, Pipea (''Pipe'') and Țigmandru (''Cikmá ...

Commune, Mureș County, Romania

People

Jules Pipe Julian Benjamin Pipe (born May 1965) is a British politician who currently serves as the Deputy Mayor of London for Planning, Regeneration and Skills. Pipe was the first directly elected mayor of the London Borough of Hackney between his elect ...

CBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, UK *

Pipes (surname) Pipes is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Pipes (born 1947), English writer and artist * Ben Pipes (born 1986), British volleyball player * Cam Pipes (born 1977), Canadian musician *Daniel Pipes (born 1949), Amer ...

Other uses

* Vertical bar, sometimes called "pipe", the character * Pipe (letter), the IPA letter for a dental click *

Pipe (unit) Capacities of wine casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units. The various units were historically defined in terms of the wine gallon so varied according to the definition of the gallon until the ...

or butt, a cask measurement for wine barrels *

Volcanic pipe Volcanic pipes or volcanic conduits are subterranean geological structures formed by the violent, supersonic eruption of deep-origin volcanoes. They are considered to be a type of ''diatreme''. Volcanic pipes are composed of a deep, narrow cone o ...

, 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 episode of ''The Good Doctor''