stack

IPA: stˈæk

noun

  • (heading) A pile.
  • A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
  • A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
  • (UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
  • A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
  • An extensive collection
  • A smokestack.
  • (heading) In computing.
  • (programming) A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
  • (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
  • (networking) An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
  • A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
  • (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
  • (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
  • (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
  • (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
  • (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
  • (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
  • (heading) In architecture.
  • A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
  • A vertical drainpipe.
  • (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
  • (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
  • (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
  • (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
  • (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
  • (transitive, by extension) To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
  • (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
  • (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
  • (gaming) To operate cumulatively.
  • (aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
  • (informal, intransitive) To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
  • (printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
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Examples of "stack" in Sentences

  • Logs are stacked in my house.
  • The concept of stack is additive.
  • These are five units in the stack.
  • Initially the size of the stack is zero.
  • The stack of hay is located at the barn.
  • Initially, the size of the stack is zero.
  • The diagram of the BOP stack is not enough.
  • It randomizes the memory layout within the stack.
  • But the policy is stacked against the complainant.
  • The specification discloses stacking of bars and the like.
  • The term stack seems to be getting a bad rap in the geo world.
  • The last thing on my immediate stack is the Azumanga Daioh Omnibus.
  • How does this title stack up as an action shooter, and it is worth a download?
  • My reading stack is tall and includes several works by Renaissance philosopher,
  • To get it to work, you would have to write this class Inbox def initialize (stack) @stack = stack end def add (message) #This works
  • This stack is an attempt at holding up, for further examination, some of the more interesting strains of this curious cultural mutation.
  • Consider the following code in Shoes class Inbox def initialize (stack) @stack = stack end def add (message) #warning this is wrong in shoes.
  • The Mazda control stack is a dated, uninteresting package in a piano-black plastic that's doesn't have the slightest interest in anything you have to say.
  • While VMware is by far the best-positioned vendor to enable these, and is building that stack from the bottom up, I would have liked to see more detail on what that top-to-bottom private cloud stack would look like.

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