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The word stack can mean several different things:
- Noun
- Stack (geology): Coastal landform - A large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- Stack (computing): Data structure - An area in a computer's memory.
- Stack can also refer to a protocol stack: a concrete software implementation of a computer networking protocol suite.
- An ordered pile or heap.
- A large pile of hay or straw (hay stack).
- Libraries: 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 measure of coal or wood equal to 108 cubic feet (~3 m³)
- A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- Chimney stack, Smoke stack.
- A vertical pipe, such as the funnel on a ship.
- In category theory, see stack (category theory)
- Verb
- To fill or load with a pile of objects.
- To secretly prearrange the order of a pack of cards to benefit a player in a card game.
Definitions modified from Collins English Dictionary, ISBN 0004330781.