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Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to:

Geography

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  • Channel (geography), a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.

Australia

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  • Channel Country, region of outback Australia in Queensland and partly in South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales.
  • Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia.

Europe

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  • Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy
  • Channel Tunnel or Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel
  • English Channel, called simply "The Channel", the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France

North America

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Other places

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Arts, entertainment, and media

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Television

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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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Science and technology

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Communications

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  • Communication channel, a transmission medium used to convey information
    • Audio channel, a communications channel in a storage device used in operations such as multitrack recording and playback
    • Channel (broadcasting), a range of frequencies assigned for the operation of a television, radio, or other broadcast station
    • Channel (digital image), the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image
    • Channel (programming), in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication
    • Channel I/O, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture
    • Video blog, hosted by a video-sharing website or channel

Other uses in science and technology

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Brands and enterprises

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  • Channel (chart pattern), a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity
  • Distribution channel, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer
  • Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability
  • Marketing channel, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption

Sports

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Other uses

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  • Channel catfish, a catfish species in North America
  • Meridian (Chinese medicine), or channels, a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong
  • Mediumship or channelling, communication with spirits

See also

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