title: What exactly does .pipe() mean in gulp?
body: <p>I am relatively new to gulp, and I was wondering what exactly does the <code>.pipe()</code> do in a gulp task? I've gathered that it usually runs after a <code>return</code> and after <code>.src</code>, but there must be more to it than that. I've been unable to find anything on the web or in gulp's documentation and I really want to understand what I'm using.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT
  I found <a href="https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp/blob/master/docs/API.md" rel="noreferrer">this</a>, but it does a poor job of explaining it</p>