Abstract: In various embodiments, and apparatus may include at least one hardware processor; and a pipeline data processor implemented on the at least one hardware processor, the pipeline data processor including at least one source module to provide at least one continuous data stream to one or more processing pipelines and at least one sink module to input data from the one or more processing pipelines; wherein the pipeline data processor comprises a plurality of different paths extending through the plurality of pipeline analytic modules; wherein the input paths are forward-only requiring that an input of one pipeline analytic module of a processing pipeline is output by another pipeline analytic module earlier in the processing pipeline or the at least one source module. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.