website/content/docs/pipelines/concepts/step.md

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A step is an execution of one of the components in the pipeline. The relationship between a step and its component is one of instantiation, much like the relationship between a run and its pipeline. In a complex pipeline, components can execute multiple times in loops, or conditionally after resolving an if/else like clause in the pipeline code.

Next steps

• Read an overview of Kubeflow Pipelines.
• Follow the pipelines quickstart guide to deploy Kubeflow and run a sample pipeline directly from the Kubeflow Pipelines UI.