pipeline

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/

Etymology: From pipe + line.

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
“Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework”
“An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.”
A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
“3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.”
A system or process through which something is conducted.
“A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.”
“April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightvillehttp://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/ The gym’s proprietor, “Crazy” Tim Credeur, heads up the Gladiator Academy, which serves as a pipeline for amateur MMA fighters to move up the ranks, though few of them do.”
A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
“Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline.”
“I recently had a peer reviewer demand that I refer to the so-called “Fortnite to alt-right pipeline” as though games automatically turn players into right-wing extremists.”
A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.

Etymology: From pipe + line.

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 convey by a system of pipes.
To lay a system of pipes through.