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channel [n]

1)	a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"

Synonyms :

transmission_channel

See Also:

transmission carry

2)	a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

Synonyms :

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passage channelise gutter limbers

3)	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

Synonyms :

groove

See Also:

depression furrow groove dado flute quirk rabbet track rut stria washout

4)	a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"

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5)	(often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"

Synonyms :

communication_channel line

See Also:

communicating plural carry canalise back_channel lens contact

6)	a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

Synonyms :

canal duct epithelial_duct

7)	a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"

Synonyms :

television_channel tv_channel

See Also:

television_station

8)	a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores"

Synonyms :

distribution_channel

See Also:

marketing

channel [v]

1)	transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

Synonyms :

carry conduct convey transmit

See Also:

carry bring carrier carry transmission transmission conduction conductor conductor carry wash_up pipe_in bring_in retransmit

2)	direct the flow of; "channel infomartion towards a broad audience"

Synonyms :

canalise canalize

See Also:

channelise canalisation canal canal

3)	send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

Synonyms :

channelise channelize transfer transmit transport

See Also:

displace canalisation canal conveyance shipping transfer transferer conveyance transmission sender bring project propagate translate release send

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(Or "chat room", "room", depending on the system in question) The basic unit of group discussion in chat systems like IRC. Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel. Channels can either be named with numbers or with strings that begin with a "#" sign and can have topic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to the actual subject of discussion).

Some notable channels are "#initgame", "#hottub" and "#report". At times of international crisis, "#report" has hundreds of members, some of whom take turns listening to various news services and typing in summaries of the news, or in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action (e.g. Scud missile attacks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in 1991).

[Jargon File]

(1998-01-25)

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