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# A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³) |
# A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³) |
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# A [[smokestack]]. |
# A [[smokestack]]. |
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# (''computing'') A linear [[data structure]] in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved |
# (''computing'') A linear [[data structure]] in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a [[LIFO]] [[queue]]. |
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# (''computing'') A portion of memory in a computer occupied by a '''stack''' [[data structure]], particularly ('''the stack''') that portion of [[main memory]] manipulated <!-- by the [[CPU]] --> during <!-- [[execution]] of --> [[machine language]] [[procedure call]] related instructions. |
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# (''gaming'') The list in order of pending game actions which may be added to. From [[w: Magic: The Gathering]]. |
# (''gaming'') The list in order of pending game actions which may be added to. From [[w: Magic: The Gathering]]. |
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# (''slang'') A construction intended to keep [[frosh]] out of a senior's room on Caltech's [[ditch day]]. |
# (''slang'') A construction intended to keep [[frosh]] out of a senior's room on Caltech's [[ditch day]]. |
Revision as of 21:07, 14 June 2006
English
Noun
stack
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A pile of identical objects, each directly on top of the last.
- Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.
- A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- A smokestack.
- (computing) A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
- (computing) A portion of memory in a computer occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- (gaming) The list in order of pending game actions which may be added to. From w: Magic: The Gathering.
- (slang) A construction intended to keep frosh out of a senior's room on Caltech's ditch day.
- (geology) Coastal landform. A large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- Aircraft circling an airport while awaiting landing authorisation.
- A large amount of an object.
- A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- A vertical pipe, such as the funnel on a ship.
- (slang) One thousand dollars.
Verb
stack
- To place objects or material in the form of a stack.
- Please stack those chairs in the corner.
- To place an object on a stack.
- Please stack that chair on top of the others.
- To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
- This is the third hand in a row you've drawn a four-of-a-kind. Someone is stacking the deck!
- A type of interchange.