It's a length of pipe or conduit that has been tamed, domesticated and kept as a pet. You can hardly go through your life shouting "OI! Conduit! Stop that!" so you give it the sort of name you wouldn't be ashamed to shout from the back door at 2am. I have a 3 foot section of 4 inch sewer pipe called Gerald at home. Alternatively http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid12_gci212619,00.html -----Original Message----- From: Costanzo, Ray [mailto:rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 24 October 2002 14:02 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] A term What is a named pipe? I think that I've wrongly assumed that \\server\share is a named pipe. Can someone tell me what it is before I embarrass myself at a SQL Server party? ;] Thanks, Ray at work ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm