Cascade

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A cascade is a waterfall. The term has also come to be applied to numerous other things:

Cascade may refer to:

• Cascade, Idaho
• Cascade, Iowa
• Cascade, Montana
• Cascade, New Hampshire
• Cascade, Seattle, Washington
• Cascade, Wisconsin
• Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles
• Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
• Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
• Cascade virus, a computer virus
• Cascade (Capercaillie album)
• "Cascade" (single), a single by Future Sound of London
• USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
• Cascade hops, a North American hops variety used in American Pale Ales and other beers.
• Transa aka Cascade, a trance music duo
• Cascada's original name
• Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
• A brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
• A variety of Seibel grapes
• Cascading encryption

[edit] See also

• Cascades (disambiguation)
• Cascade Falls

Other places:

• Cascade Locks, Oregon
• Cascade Highway, in Washington and Oregon in the United States
• Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
• Cascade Mountain (Alberta) in Canada
• Cascade Mountain (New York) in United States
• Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales, Australia
• Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Oregon
• Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
• Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
• Shasta Cascade, a region of Northern California

A process:

• Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event
• Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
  • Complement cascade, a biochemical cascade in the immune system
  • MAPK cascade, a process in the action of cancer genes
• Cascade reaction, a consecutive series of chemical reactions within a molecule
• Electron cascade, a process in physics
  • Quantum cascade laser
• Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
• Informational cascade, an economic theory
• Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts

A device:

• Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator

An organization:

• Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
• Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
• Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
• Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
• Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
• Cascade Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
• Open CASCADE, a software development company with head office in France