Channel

Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to:

Geography

• Channel (geography), a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.

Australia

• Channel Country, region of outback Australia in Queensland and partly in South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales.
• Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia.

Europe

• Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy
• Channel Tunnel or Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel
• English Channel, called simply "The Channel", the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France

North America

• Channel Islands of California, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, United States
• Channel Lake, Illinois, a census-designated place in Lake County, Illinois, United States
• Channels State Forest, a state forest in Virginia, United States
• Channel, Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; a town district

Other places

• Channel Glacier, a glacier in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
• Channel Rock (disambiguation), various rocks
• English Channel (Tabuaeran), "A deep opening, thereafter called the English Channel, was blasted on the west side of the atoll."

Arts, entertainment, and media

Television

• Channel Television, a division of British ITV
• Channels TV (Niger) A company of Tele Sahel.

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Channeler (The Wheel of Time), fictional characters in the Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan
• Channeling (Rolemaster), a magic element in the Rolemaster role-playing game
• Channels (band), fronted by former Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins
• Channels (film), a 2008 film
• The Channel (film), a 2023 film
• Pre-chorus, or build or channel, part of a song structure of popular music

Science and technology

Communications

• Communication channel, a transmission medium used to convey information
  • Audio channel, a communications channel in a storage device used in operations such as multitrack recording and playback
  • Channel (broadcasting), a range of frequencies assigned for the operation of a television, radio, or other broadcast station
    • Television channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart
  • 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
  • Channel I/O, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture
  • Video blog, hosted by a video-sharing website or channel

Other uses in science and technology

• Channel (semiconductor), a part of the structure of a field-effect transistor
• Ion channel, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane
• Scattering channel, a concept in quantum mechanics
• Strut channel, a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries
• Structural channel

Brands and enterprises

• The Channel (nightclub), a music venue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
• Channel Express, a defunct British airline
• Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States

Business and legal terms

• Channel (chart pattern), a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity
• Distribution channel, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer
• Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability
• Marketing channel, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption

Sports

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

Other uses

• Channel catfish, a catfish species in North America
• Meridian (Chinese medicine), or channels, a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong
• Mediumship or channelling, communication with spirits

See also

• Canal (disambiguation)
• Chanel (disambiguation)
• Channeling (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Channel
• All pages with titles containing Channel