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pipe2 CONSTRUCTSPipe (Computer)KERNIGHAN · COMPUTER SCIENCEPipe (Musical)FLETCHER · MUSICAL ACOUSTICS

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Computer Science

a channel passing one process's output directly as another's input.

In computer science, pipe refers to a channel passing one process's output directly as another's input. This meaning comes from Kernighan (1979) in Software: Practice and Experience. Here pipe is not a tube that sounds a note when air sets its column resonating.[1]

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Musical Acoustics

a tube that sounds a note when air sets its column resonating.

In musical acoustics, pipe refers to a tube that sounds a note when air sets its column resonating. This meaning comes from Fletcher (1998) in The Physics of Musical Instruments. Here pipe is not a channel passing one process's output directly as another's input.[2]

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References

  1. Kernighan, B. W., & Mashey, J. R. (1979). The UNIX™ programming environment. Software: Practice and Experience, 9(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380090102
  2. Fletcher, N. H., & Rossing, T. D. (1998). Pipes, horns and cavities. In The Physics of Musical Instruments (pp. 190-235). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21603-4_8

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