Tube

Tube, or Tubes, may refer to:

Construction

• Tube (structure), used in structural applications
• Tube (fluid conveyance), used in plumbing, irrigation, and other applications

Electronics

• Vacuum tube, a component of electronics
• Cathode ray tube (also called picture tube), a common component of electronics such as televisions and other displays
• Tube (BBC Micro), an expansion bus on the BBC Micro computer

Food

• Yoplait Tubes, the name for Go-Gurt portable yog(o)urt in every country except America and the United Kingdom

Geometry

• A hollow cylinder (geometry)

Mechanics

• Pneumatic tube, a method of transportation utilising compressed air
• Inner tube, a component of vehicular tires

Media

• The Tube (TV series), a music related TV series by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom
• Tube (band), a Japanese pop group
• Tube (film), a 2003 Korean film
• Tube (game), a freeware game from Bullfrog Productions
• Tube & Berger, the alias of dance/electronica producers Arndt Rörig and Marco Vidovic from Germany
• YouTube, a website that allows users to upload, view, and share video clips
• Peter Dale, aka Tubes from the Soccer AM television show
• Series of tubes, an Internet meme and analogy for the Internet used by United States Senator Ted Stevens in reference to net neutrality
• Picture tube, a term used by the software package Paint Shop Pro for a small digital image with no background used on web pages
• a colloquial term for television
• The Tube Music Network, a music video network that operated between 2006 and 2007

Music

• The Tubes, a San Francisco based band, popular in the 1970s and 1980s

Nature

• Eustachian tube, part of the structure of the ear
• Lava tube, found in volcanic regions
• The inside of a hollow wave in surfing

Packaging

• Tube (container), a packaging solution for pasty and viscous goods such as toothpaste

Photography

• Extension tube, a tool for macro photography

Theatre

• Blue Man Group's theatrical show, "TUBES", now called "Rewired"

Science

• Test tube, a piece of laboratory equipment

Transportation

• Rapid transit
• London Underground, London's subterranean train system, commonly known as The Tube
• Transbay Tube, an underwater rail tube across San Francisco Bay

See also

• The Tube
• Microtube
• Nanotube (disambiguation)
• Pipe
• Tub (disambiguation)
• Tubing (disambiguation)