Channel

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Channel, Channels, and similar terms may refer to:

Channels (band), a rock band fronted by ex-Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins
Channels (film), a 2008 film
Channel, synonym for pre-chorus in popular song structure
Ion channel, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane
Mediumship (also known as channelling), communication with spirits
Meridian (Chinese medicine) (or channel), a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong
Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability for an event
Channel (transistors), the conductive path followed by electrons or holes through a semiconductor

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Channel (geography), in physical geography, the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks
Stream channel, a hydrologic scientific term for physical confine of a stream (river) consisting of stream bed and stream banks

English Channel, the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France
Channel Tunnel, or the Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel linking the U.K. and France
Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy

Channel Islands of California, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California
Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Channel Lake, Illinois
Channel, California, a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States
Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States

Distribution channel, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer
Marketing channel, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption
A video blog hosted by a video-sharing website

Communication channel, a transmission medium, e.g. a wire, or a multiplexed connection, e.g. a radio channel, used to convey an information signal from a sender to a receiver,
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
Television channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart
Channel (broadcasting), a range of frequencies assigned by a government for broadcasting
I/O Channel, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture
Audio channel

Channeler (The Wheel of Time), fictional characters in the Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan
Channeling (Rolemaster), in the Rolemaster role-playing game

Channel (association football), football (soccer) terminology for particular areas of the pitch
Channel Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Tasmania