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  1. noun A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage.
  2. noun An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers. See Synonyms at heap.
  3. noun Computer Science A section of memory and its associated registers used for temporary storage of information in which the item most recently stored is the first to be retrieved.
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  • Mickey, who didn't like crust, had started piling his on the floor at the beginning and now the stack was as tall as Phil Rizzuto!
  • Her clothes were folded, on top of the stack were her foam bodysuit and a gun. —  Meredith Blevins - [Szabo 01] - The Hummingbird Wizard
  • The top of the stack was at least as high as the neighboring dune crests. —  ASTOUNDING
  • This stack is the sum total of all protocols necessary to complete a single transfer of data between two machines. —  Maximum Security -- Ch 6 -- A Brief Primer on TCP/IP
  • Perched on top of the stack was the white Belleek china box—her last creation. —  AHMM, October 2006
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pile ·  bundle ·  row ·  load ·  box ·  handful ·  rack ·  collection ·  array ·  bit ·  sheaf ·  supply

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stack:   stacks ·  stacking ·  stacked
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English stac, from Old Norse stakkr.

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  1. from Middle English stack, slacke, stakke, stak, stac, from Icelandic stakkr, a stack of hay (cf. stakka, a stump), = Swedish stack = Danish stak, a stack, pile of hay; allied to stake, and ult. from the root of stick. Hence staggard.
  2. from Middle English stakken (= Swedish stacka = Danish stakke), stack; from the noun.
 

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