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A broken pipe is a plumbing failure where a water pipe cracks or bursts, often from freezing, corrosion, or pressure: We came home to a broken pipe and a flooded basement.

In computing, a broken pipe is an error that occurs when a process tries to write data to a connection that the receiving end has closed.

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