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# MTLDataType.computePipeline

A Metal compute pipeline instance.

```
case computePipeline
```

## See Also

[`MTLComputePipelineState`](/documentation/Metal/MTLComputePipelineState)

An interface that represents a GPU pipeline configuration for running kernels in a compute pass.


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