# Pipeline Steps

Konduit-Serving works by defining a series of steps. These include operation such as:

1. Pre-processing steps
2. Running one or more ML/DL models
3. Post-processing steps, transforming the output in a way that humans can understand

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[Image To NDArray Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/image-to-ndarray-step.md)
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[DL4J Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/dl4j-step.md)
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[Keras Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/keras-step.md)
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[ONNX Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/onnx-step.md)
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[Tensorflow Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/tensorflow-step.md)
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