pipeline vs trunking

pipeline

noun
  • A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc. 

  • A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out). 

  • A system or process through which something is conducted. 

  • The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it. 

verb
  • To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next. 

  • To connect a tube from ones mouth to ones anus (or the anus of another), in order to force someone to eat feces. 

  • To convey something by a system of pipes 

  • To lay a system of pipes through something 

trunking

noun
  • A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation. 

  • The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations. 

  • All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building. 

  • Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring. 

  • A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios. 

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