Stack

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In computing

• Stack (data structure), a data structure based on Last In, First Out (LIFO)
• Call stack of a program, also known as a function stack, execution stack, control stack, or simply the stack
• Protocol stack, a particular software implementation of a computer networking protocol suite
• Solution stack, set of software subsystems or components needed to deliver a fully functional solution
• Stacks (software), a Dock feature found on Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard"

In mathematics

• Stack (descent theory), general category-theoretical concept to formalise "pull-back" operations in geometry and algebra
• Algebraic stack, a generalisation of scheme and algebraic space in algebraic geometry; a specific type of stack (descent theory)

Other

• Chimney, in the term "smoke stack"
• Flue gas stacks, the industrial terminology for an industrial plant chimney
• Stack (geology), a large vertical column of rock in the sea
• Brian 'Stack' Stevens, a Cornish rugby player
• Stacks (rapper), the stage name of the rapper Yannique Barker born 1985.
• An amplifier stack, as used in guitar terminology
• Flesh-n-Bone who is also known as "stack"

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