Pipe and Filter

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Data flows through processing stages. Each filter transforms data and passes it to the next through a pipe. Follows the Unix philosophy of small, composable programs. Enables parallel processing and easy recombination of stages.

Key Properties

• Data Transformation Stages
• Composable Filters
• Stream Processing

Related

• Middleware Pipeline (similar chaining concept)

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