English

Noun

channel (plural channels)

1. The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
2. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water .
3. The navigable part of a river.
4. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
5. A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
6. A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
7. A single path provided by a transmission via electrical separation, such as by frequency- or time-division multiplexing.
8. A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
9. The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
10. In a communications system, the part that connects a data source to a data sink.
11. A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
12. A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
13. (Internet) In IRC, a ??? that is named and based upon digital distinction as opposed to analog distinction.

Synonyms

• (narrow body of water between two land masses): passage, sound, strait
• (for television): side (dated British, from when there were only two channels), station (US)

Translations

physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks

natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water

navigable part of a river

a narrow body of water between two land masses

connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit

A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable

single path provided by a transmission via electrical separation, such as by frequency- or time-division multiplexing

path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths

portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head

in a communications system, the part that connects a data source to a data sink

specific radio frequency or band of frequencies

for television

in IRC

Derived terms

• channel-hopping
• ion channel

See also

• List of Wikipedia articles on channels in geography
• List of Wikipedia articles on channels in telecommunications