stovepiped

stove·pipe

(stōv′pīp′)

1. A pipe, usually of thin sheet metal, used to conduct smoke or fumes from a stove into a chimney flue.

2. A very tall hat with a flat crown and narrow brim, traditionally made of silk.

3. Informal A pathway for transmitting information higher in a hierarchy while bypassing intervening levels that remain uninformed about this information.

tr.v. stove·piped, stove·pip·ing, stove·pipes Informal

To transmit (information) up in a hierarchy by means of a stovepipe.

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stovepiped - of or relating to data stored in separate databases; "stovepiped information"

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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