Cascade
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[edit] Science and technology
[edit] Natural sciences
- a type of waterfall or a series of waterfalls.
- Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
- Coagulation cascade, the process by which the body clots blood
- Complement cascade or Complement system, 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 or Electron avalanche, a process in physics
- Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
- Trophic cascade, when predators in a food web suppress their prey, releasing the next lower trophic level from predation
- Cascade effect (ecology), the triggering of series of secondary extinctions
[edit] Computer science
- Cascading classifiers, a multistage classification scheme
- Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
- Cascade connection, in systems theory, the connection of the output of one system to the input of another
- cascade amplifier, cascade connected amplifier circuits
- Cascading rollback, multiple failure after a database rollback
- Fractional cascading, a data structuring technique for speeding up binary searches
- Cascade (software), a software configuration management tool suite
- Cascade virus, a computer virus
- Superencryption, or Cascading encryption, when an encrypted message is encrypted again
[edit] Social sciences
- Information cascade, an economic theory
[edit] Engineering
- Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event (see Kessler syndrome)
- Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts
- Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
- Cascade storage system for gasses
- Cascade failure, the failure of one pylon on an overhead power line causing further pylons to fall
- Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
- Villard cascade a voltage multiplier
[edit] Places
[edit] Australia
- Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales
- The Cascades, a waterfall in Gloucester National Park
- Cascade, Western Australia
- Cascade, Norfolk Island, a site considered by some to be a settlement, in the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island
[edit] North America
- Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
- Cascade Volcanoes, a grouping of volcanoes on the west coast of North America
[edit] Canada
- Cascade Mountain (Alberta), a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park
- Cascade, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town
[edit] United States
Communities:
- Cascade, California, an unincorporated town in Plumas County
- Cascade, Colorado, an unincorporated town in El Paso County
- Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado, a census-designated place
- Cascade, Atlanta, an area in Southwestern Atlanta, Georgia
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- Cascade Heights, a neighborhood in Cascade, Southwestern Atlanta, Georgia
- Cascade, Idaho, a city in Valley County
- Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County
- Cascade, Montana, a town in Cascade County
- Cascade, New Hampshire, a village within the town of Gorham and the city of Berlin
- Cascade, Seattle, Washington, a small neighborhood abutting downtown Seattle
- Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County
- Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County
- Cascade Locks, Oregon, a city in Hood River County
- Cascade Township, Michigan, a charter township of Kent County
- Cascade Township, Minnesota, in Olmsted County
- Cascade Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Cascade Valley, Washington, a census-designated place in Grant County
Other locations:
- Cascade Highway (Washington), a portion of U.S. Route 2 through the northern Cascades in Washington
- Cascade Highway (Oregon), a portion of Oregon Route 213 running from Silverton to Stayton in Oregon
- Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
- Cascade Mountain (New York), a mountain in Essex County of New York
- Cascade Park, a Lorain County Metropark in Elyria, Ohio
- Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Washington
- Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
- Shasta Cascade, a region of northern California
[edit] Elsewhere
- Cascade, Jamaica, a village
- Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles
- Cascade is an informal English name for the village of Penpedairheol, Caerphilly in South Wales
[edit] Organizations
- Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
- Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization and advocacy group, Seattle, Washington
- Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
- Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
- Cascade Investments LLC, a private investments and holding company owned by Bill Gates
- Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
- Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
- Cascade Collegiate Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
- Open CASCADE, a software development company with head office in France
[edit] Music
- Cascade (band), a Japanese rock band
- "Cascade" (song), a single by Future Sound of London
- Cascade, an album by Scottish band Capercaillie (band)
- Cascade, an album by Irish band Abaddon Incarnate
- Cascade,an album by Peter Murphy (musician)
- Former name of the German dance group Cascada
- Alias of the DJ duo Transa
[edit] Other
- The Cascade, a student newspaper located in Abbotsford, British Columbia
- Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
- Resonance cascade, the event that started "The Black Mesa Incident" in the Half-Life game series.
- USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
- Cascade hops, a variety of hops found in North America
- Cascade (detergent), a brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
- A variety of Seibel grapes
- Golden Cascade, a breed of duck
[edit] See also
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