meaning of channel

1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc. , where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
3. A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
6. Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
7. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
8. To course through or over, as in a channel.
9. channel Or "chat room", "room", depending on the system in question The basic unit of group discussion in chat systems like IRC. Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel. Channels can either be named with numbers or with strings that begin with a "#" sign and can have topic descriptions which are generally irrelevant to the actual subject of discussion. Some notable channels are "#initgame", "#hottub" and "#report". At times of international crisis, "#report" has hundreds of members, some of whom take turns listening to various news services and typing in summaries of the news, or in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action e. g. Scud missile attacks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in 1991. [Jargon File]
10. a way of selling a companys product either directly or via distributors; "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own ">stores"

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