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🚰 To supply by pipe 💻 To send data
to pipe in

to pipe in

1 6.7
Send data into a program or service for processing
  • phrasal verb
  • /paɪp ɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ingresar
  • This software can pipe in signals from multiple devices for processing.
  • pipe in music

Examples

  • The new Flash Player lets publishers skip the extra step of VP6 encoding and pipe in H.264 content using their existing web players.

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  • The box would replace your cable or satellite box and pipe in content directly from your provider.

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  • Have the ELINT and PSYOP troops override all media inbound and pipe in Food Network 24/7.

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  • You can pipe in data from your database to analyze it in real-time.

  • The application allows users to pipe in audio streams for live broadcasting.

Synonyms

to pipe
vsto pipe in
  • Specialized
21 3.0

To move oil, gas, or water through a pipe

sends data into programs using software channels and APIs not physical transport
to ingest
vsto pipe in
  • Specialized
3 6.3

To put data into a computer system for use or storage

sends data directly into a program or service via an interface
to feed in
vsto pipe in
  • Specialized
1 3.8

To keep putting something into a machine or system so it can work

sends data through a software channel rather than as a continuous bulk supply

How Much

to flood in
8 3.1
to pipe in
  • Specialized
1 6.7
to send in
241 2.3

Surface Forms

pipe in infinitive
piped in past
piped in past participle
piping in present participle
pipes in third person singular

Morphology

pipe + in

The meaning 'to send or feed data into' is directly derivable from combining 'pipe' (to convey through a conduit) with 'in' (into/inside). Although the application to data is a technical extension, the compositional pattern verb + particle conveys 'move/transfer into', a transparent and predictable mapping that a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer.

Etymology

Pipe in in computers uses the same picture: think of a data pipe sending information in to a program like a tube carrying water. So pipe in means 'to send or feed data into' a program or service.