channel(A path through which information passes between two computers or devices. It can refer to the physical medium (such as wires) or to a set of properties that distinguishes one channel from another); pipeline(A software infrastructure that defines and links together one or more stages of a business process, running them in sequence to complete a specific task. Each stage of a pipeline contains one or more pipeline components (COM objects) that can be configured to work with the unique requirements of the site)