<s>
NMRPipe	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Nuclear	O
Magnetic	O
Resonance	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
other	O
functionally	O
similar	O
programs	O
but	O
is	O
,	O
by	O
and	O
large	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
software	O
packages	O
for	O
NMR	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
in	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
efficiency	O
(	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
utilization	O
of	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
pipes	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
(	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
logic	O
embedded	O
in	O
its	O
individual	O
functions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NMRPipe	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
"	O
functions	O
"	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
a	O
FID	B-Application
data	O
file	O
in	O
any	O
sequence	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
UNIX	B-Operating_System
pipes	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
individual	O
function	O
in	O
NMRPipe	B-Application
has	O
a	O
specific	O
task	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
arguments	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
configure	O
its	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
