Channel
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In general, channel refers to the path between two endpoints. It may refer specifically to:
- Channel (communications), the route which a message follows
- Channel (geography), the course traveled by a body of water: (a) between land masses or (b) as a river or slough
- English Channel, between Great Britain and the European Continent
- Television channel
- Channel (digital image), the black and white representation of a specific color
- Channel (marketing), the distribution "channel" for selling and delivering a product or service to a company's customers
- Ion channel, a channel in a plasma membrane which helps certain ions to enter/exit a biological cell
- Scattering channel, in scattering theory, a possible state of the colliding system
- Active Channel, a type of website, introduced by Internet Explorer 4.0 in 1997 (see also Active Desktop)
- Wii Channels, the interface for Nintendo's console, the Wii.
Channelling may also refer to:
- A medium, through which disembodied spirits speak.
- The system of magic described in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels.
[edit] See also
- Chanel, a Parisian fashion house