Cascade

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A cascade is a term for a waterfall, or series of waterfalls, and is applied abstractly to many different concepts involving a series of steps or effects that follow one after the other. A cascade may be:

A process:

Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event
Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
* Complement cascade, a biochemical cascade in the immune system
* MAPK cascade, a process in the action of cancer genes
Cascade reaction, a consecutive series of chemical reactions within a molecule
Cascade (chemical engineering), a consecutive series of processes for the separation or purification of chemicals
Cascade (juggling) and reverse cascade, patterns for juggling objects
Cascading failure, a consecutive series of failures in a system of interconnected parts
Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language
Electron cascade, a process in physics
* Quantum cascade laser
Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
Informational cascade, an economic theory

A device:

Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
Cascader, a type of computer compiler

A place:

Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles
Cascade County, Montana, United States
Cascade Highway, in Washington and Oregon in the United States
Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
Cascade Mountain (Alberta) in Canada
Cascade Mountain (New York) in United States
Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales, Australia
Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Oregon
Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
Shasta Cascade, a region of Northern California

An organization:

Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
Cascade Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
Open CASCADE SAS, a software development company with head office in France

Cascade may also refer to:

The Seibel 13053 grape
A brand name of dishwasher detergent, made by Procter & Gamble
USS Cascade, a United States Navy destroyer tender
Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
The original name for the musician Cascada
"Cascade", a single by electronic musicians Future Sound of London

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