bucket brigade
Human water chain
A bucket brigade is a line of people passing buckets hand to hand, historically used to transport water to fires before modern firefighting equipment.
The term now describes any system where items or information move sequentially through a chain: Data flows through the processing pipeline like a bucket brigade.
In computing, it refers specifically to algorithms or circuits that pass values between adjacent stages.
People connected hand-to-hand
- water lineSafe submersion boundary
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- cisternWater storage chamber
- hydrantStreet-side water outlet
pump · hose · flames · smoke · extinguish · blaze · firefighter · ladder
Joint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- passingMoving by or temporary
- hand-to-handAt grappling distance
chain · line · synchronized · volunteers · assembly · crew · unity · collaboration
Of occupied territories
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- pre-modernBefore contemporary times
- townsfolkResidents of a village
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
night watch · conflagration · cistern · well · bell · alarm · tinderbox · sparks
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- parallel processingSimultaneous computational operations
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- data transferMoving information electronically
- chainLinked segments forming length
relay · handoff · buffer · queue · throughput · latency · staged · batch
human chain
People connected hand-to-hand
- water lineSafe submersion boundary
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- cisternWater storage chamber
hydrant · pump · hose · flames · smoke · extinguish · blaze · firefighter · ladder · engine
cooperation
Joint action toward shared aims
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- passingMoving by or temporary
hand-to-hand · chain · line · synchronized · volunteers · assembly · crew · unity · collaboration · joint effort
colonial
Of occupied territories
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- pre-modernBefore contemporary times
- townsfolkResidents of a village
volunteers · night watch · conflagration · cistern · well · bell · alarm · tinderbox · sparks · ash
pipeline
Long-distance fluid transport tube
- parallel processingSimultaneous computational operations
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- data transferMoving information electronically
chain · relay · handoff · buffer · queue · throughput · latency · staged · batch
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- group effortsbarn raising, teamwork, community garden, relay race, tug of war
- group workbarn raising, work party, team building, workday, collective farming
- Volunteeringvolunteer, volunteering, volunteer hours, unpaid work, volunteer coordinators
- relaybaton pass, relay station, radio relay, handoff, repeater
- firefightingfire station, fire truck, fire engine, firefighter, firefighters
bucket brigadepumper truck
Firefighting vehicle with hoses
fire engine · fire hose · sprinkler system · fire truck · water tanker
bucket brigadeautomated system
Machine-driven operation without intervention
bucket, buckets, brigade, bucketful, bucketing, brigadier, bucketfuls, brigadiers, brigading