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Pumping

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Pumping may refer to:

  • The operation of a pump, for moving a liquid from one location to another
  • Pumping (audio), a creative misuse of dynamic range compression
  • Pumping (computer systems), the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle
  • Pumping (oil well), injecting chemicals into a wellbore
  • Pumping (noise reduction), an unwanted artifact of some noise reduction systems
  • Pumping lemma, in the theory of formal languages
  • Gastric lavage, cleaning the contents of the stomach
  • Optical pumping, in which light is used to raise electrons from a lower energy level to a higher one
  • Pump (skateboarding), accelerating without pushing off of the ground
  • "Pumping" (My Heart), a 1976 song by Patti Smith Group
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