title: Pumping
text: # 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 (computer systems), the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle
  * Pumping (oil well), injecting chemicals into a wellbore
  * Pumping (noise reduction), 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" (My Heart), a 1976 song by Patti Smith Group
  