Tube

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Tube may refer to:

Construction

• Tube (structure), the predominate structural system for constructing tall buildings in the United States between World War II and the 1990s
• Tubing (material), 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 (tyres)

Media

• The Tube (TV series), a music related TV series by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom
• Tube (band), a Japanese pop group
• 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 'Tubes' 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 (Paint Shop Pro), a small digital image with no background used on web pages
• Television

Music

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

Nature

• Lava tube, found in volcanoes
• 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"

Transportation

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

[edit] See also

• Test tube, a piece of laboratory equipment used in science
• Pipe
• Microtube
• Nanotube
• Internet

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