Definition of "channel"
- noun
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
The navigable part of a river.
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
A distribution channel.
A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains.
- verb
To direct the flow of something.
To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal presentation.
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