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In general, channel refers to the path between two endpoints. It can be used to mean specific types of channels, including:
- In communications, a channel is the route which a message follows, as it is transmitted between a communication source and a receiver.
- In geography and nautical/shipping contexts, channel means the course traveled by a body of water or the passage of a ship between land masses.
- In digital imaging, a channel is the black and white representation of a specific color; by extension, the representation of a mask.
- In scattering theory, a scattering channel is a possible state of the colliding system before or after the collision.
- The phrase the channel can refer to the means of distribution of components involved in producing consumer electronics.
- The English Channel is the strip of sea between the United Kingdom and the Continent.
- A website type, introduced by Internet Explorer: See Active Channel.
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