Pumping

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Pumping may refer to:

• The operation of a pump, for moving a liquid from one location to another
  • The use of a breast pump for extraction of milk
• 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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