Cascade
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A cascade is a waterfall. The term has also come to be applied to numerous other things:
Cascade may refer to:
- Cascade, Idaho
- Cascade, Iowa
- Cascade, Montana
- Cascade, New Hampshire
- Cascade, Seattle, Washington
- Cascade, Wisconsin
- Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles
- Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
- Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
- Cascade virus, a computer virus
- Cascade (Capercaillie album)
- "Cascade" (single), a single by Future Sound of London
- USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
- Cascade hops, a North American hops variety used in American Pale Ales and other beers.
- Transa aka Cascade, a trance music duo
- Cascada's original name
- Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
- A brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
- A variety of Seibel grapes
- Cascading encryption
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Other places:
- Cascade Locks, Oregon
- 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
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
- Electron cascade, a process in physics
- Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
- Informational cascade, an economic theory
- Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts
A device:
- Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
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, a software development company with head office in France
