pumping

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, the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle Pumping, injecting chemicals into a wellbore Pumping, 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", a 1976 song by Patti Smith Group