Pipeline
Pipeline
Problem of universals
The word <b>pipeline</b> has many meanings:<ul><li> A <a href="Pipeline transport">Pipeline transport</a> is a conduit made from <a href="Pipe">pipes</a> connected end-to-end. It is used mostly to transport <a href="Fluid">fluids</a> like <a href="Water">Water</a> or <a href="Petroleum">Petroleum</a> over long distances. <li> A pipeline in <a href="Computer science">Computer science</a>, <a href="Electrical engineering">Electrical engineering</a>, and general <a href="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</a> is used as a metaphor for a chain of transformative stages where the output of one stage is input for the next one. <ul> <li> <a href="Pipeline (computer)">Pipelining</a> in computing increases the overall <a href="Throughput">Throughput</a> of the system by breaking up a large batch computation into smaller ones which can be executed independently. </ul> <li> The <a href="Banzai Pipeline">Banzai Pipeline</a> is a <a href="Surfing">Surfing</a> spot on <a href="Oahu">Oahu</a>'s <a href="North Shore (Oahu)">North Shore</a> famous for enormous, gaping, fast-breaking waves thrown up by winter swells. <li> <i>Pipeline</i> is a <a href="1963">1963</a> song by <a href="Surf rock">Surf rock</a> band <a href="The Chantays">The Chantays</a>. </ul>