Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to:

Geography

Channel (geography) In physical geography and hydrology, a channel is a landform on which a relatively narrow body of water is situated, such as a river, river delta or strait. While ''channel'' typically refers to a natural formation, the cognate term ''canal'' de ...

, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.

Australia

* Channel Country, region of outback Australia in Queensland and partly in South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. * Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia.

Europe

Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, ...

, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy *

Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (), sometimes referred to by the Portmanteau, portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at ...

or Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel *

English Channel The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...

, called simply "The Channel", the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France

North America

Channel Islands of California The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. They define the Santa Barbara Channel between the islands and the California mainland. The ...

, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, United States * Channel Lake, Illinois, a census-designated place in Lake County, Illinois, United States * Channels State Forest, a state forest in Virginia, United States * Channel, Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; a town district

Other places

* Channel Glacier, a glacier in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica *

Channel Rock (disambiguation) Channel Rock may refer to the following: * Channel Rock (Hong Kong) * Channel Rock (Argentine Islands) in Antarctica * Channel Rock (McFarlane Strait) in Antarctica * Channel Rock (Canada) See also * Rock Channel, a connecting waterway between Ri ...

, various rocks

Arts, entertainment, and media

Television

Channel Television ITV Channel Television, previously Channel Television, is a British television station which has served as the ITV (TV network), ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programmes for i ...

, a division of British ITV * Channels TV (Niger) A company of Tele Sahel.

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Channeler (''The Wheel of Time''), fictional characters in the ''Wheel of Time'' fantasy book series by Robert Jordan * Channeling (Rolemaster), a magic element in the Rolemaster role-playing game *

Channels (band) Channels is a rock band based in Baltimore, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its ...

, fronted by former Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins * ''Channels'' (film), a 2008 film * ''The Channel'' (film), a 2023 film * Pre-chorus, or build or channel, part of a song structure of popular music

Science and technology

Communications

Communication channel A communication channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking. A channel is used for infor ...

, a transmission medium used to convey information **

Audio channel An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals or a series of binary numbers for digital signals. Audio signals have frequencies in the audio frequency range of ro ...

, a communications channel in a storage device used in operations such as multitrack recording and playback **

Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel or frequency channel is a designated radio frequency (or, equivalently, wavelength), assigned by a competent frequency assignment authority for the operation of a particular radio station Radio broadcasting is ...

, a range of frequencies assigned for the operation of a television, radio, or other broadcast station *** Television channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart **

Channel (digital image) Color digital images are made of pixels, and pixels are made of combinations of primary colors represented by a series of code. A channel in this context is the grayscale image of the same size as a color image, made of just one of these primary ...

, the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image **

Channel (programming) In computing, a channel is a model for interprocess communication and synchronization via message passing. A message may be sent over a channel, and another process or thread is able to receive messages sent over a channel it has a reference ...

, in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication **

Channel I/O In computing, channel I/O is a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture that is implemented in various forms on a number of computer architectures, especially on mainframe computers. In the past, channels were generally implemented with cu ...

, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture **

Video blog A vlog (), also known as a video blog or video log, is a form of blog for which the medium is video. Vlog entries often combine embedded video (or a video link) with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one ta ...

, hosted by a video-sharing website or channel

Other uses in science and technology

Channel (semiconductor) The field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor that uses an electric field to control the current through a semiconductor. It comes in two types: junction FET (JFET) and metal-oxide-semiconductor FET (MOSFET). FETs have three termi ...

, a part of the structure of a field-effect transistor *

Ion channel Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore. Their functions include establishing a resting membrane potential, shaping action potentials and other electrical signals by Gating (electrophysiol ...

, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane * Scattering channel, a concept in quantum mechanics * Strut channel, a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries * Structural channel

Brands and enterprises

The Channel (nightclub) The Channel was a music venue located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was part of the underground arts community of South Boston. History Joe Cicerone, Harry Booras and Rich Clements founded The Channel in 1980, choosing the name because the club ...

, a music venue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. * Channel Express, a defunct British airline * Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States

Business and legal terms

Channel (chart pattern) A price channel is a pair of parallel Trend line (technical analysis), trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity. Channels may be horizontal, ascending or descending. When prices pass through and stay through a trendline rep ...

, a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity * Distribution channel, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer * Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability *

Marketing channel A marketing channel consists of the people, organizations, and activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption. It is the way products get to the end-user, the consumer; and is also ...

, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption

Sports

Channel (association football) In association football, channels is the name given to certain areas of the pitch, created by the space between players and groups of players. There are two types of channels, vertical (between full backs and their closest centre back), and horizon ...

, football (soccer) terminology for particular areas of the pitch * Channel (horse), a racehorse * Channel Football Club, an Australian football club in Tasmania

Other uses

* Channel catfish, a catfish species in North America *

Meridian (Chinese medicine) The meridian system (, also called channel network) is a pseudoscientific concept from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that alleges meridians are paths through which the life-energy known as " qi" (''ch'i'') flows. Meridians are not real an ...

, or channels, a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong *

Mediumship Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or ghost, spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or ...

or channelling, communication with spirits