Stack vs. Array — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Stack and Array
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Stack
An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers
A stack of newspapers.
Array
An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
Stack
A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage.
Array
To set out for display or use; place in an orderly arrangement
Arrayed the whole regiment on the parade ground.
Stack
(Computers) 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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Array
To dress, especially in fine clothes; adorn.
Stack
A group of three rifles supporting each other, butt downward and forming a cone.
Array
An orderly, often imposing arrangement
An array of royal jewels.
Stack
A chimney or flue.
Array
An impressively large number, as of persons or objects
An array of heavily armed troops.
An array of spare parts.
Stack
A group of chimneys arranged together.
Array
Splendid attire; fine clothing.
Stack
A vertical exhaust pipe, as on a ship or locomotive.
Array
A rectangular arrangement of quantities in rows and columns, as in a matrix.
Stack
An extensive arrangement of bookshelves.
Array
Numerical data linearly ordered by magnitude.
Stack
The area of a library in which most of the books are shelved.
Array
An arrangement of usually identical devices, often sensors, that function as a unit
An array of solar panels.
Stack
A stackup.
Array
(Computers) A group of memory elements accessed by one or more indices.
Stack
An English measure of coal or cut wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3.06 cubic meters).
Array
Clothing and ornamentation.
Stack
(Informal) A large quantity
A stack of work to do.
Array
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Stack
To arrange in a stack; pile.
Array
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
Stack
To load or cover with stacks or piles
Stacked the dishwasher.
Array
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Stack
(Games) To prearrange the order of (a deck of cards) so as to increase the chance of winning.
Array
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
Drawn up in battle array
Stack
To prearrange or fix unfairly so as to favor a particular outcome
Tried to stack the jury.
Array
A large collection.
We offer a dazzling array of choices.
Stack
To direct (aircraft) to circle at different altitudes while waiting to land.
Array
(mathematics) Common name for matrix.
Stack
To form a stack
Make sure the boxes stack neatly against the wall.
Array
(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
Stack
(heading) A pile.
Array
(legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
Stack
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
Array
(military) A militia.
Stack
A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.
Array
A group of hedgehogs.
Stack
(UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
Array
A microarray.
Stack
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
Array
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
Stack
An extensive collection
Array
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
Stack
A smokestack.
Array
(legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
Stack
(heading) In computing.
Array
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array.
Stack
(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).
History stack
Array
The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.
Stack
A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
Array
An imposing series of things.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold.
Stack
An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
A TCP/IP stack is a library or set of libraries or of OS drivers that take care of networking.
Array
Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
Stack
A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
Array
A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
Stack
(math) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
Array
To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,Each horseman drew his battle blade.
These doubts will be arrayed before their minds.
Stack
(geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
Array
To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; - applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
Pharaoh . . . arrayed him in vestures of fine linen.
In gelid caves with horrid gloom arrayed.
Stack
(library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
Array
To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
Stack
(figuratively) A large amount of an object.
They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.
Array
An orderly arrangement;
An array of troops in battle order
Stack
(military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
Array
An impressive display;
It was a bewildering array of books
His tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall
Stack
(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
Array
Especially fine or decorative clothing
Stack
(heading) In architecture.
Array
An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
Stack
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
Array
Lay out in a line
Stack
A vertical drainpipe.
Array
Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
Stack
A fall or crash, a prang.
Stack
(bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
Stack
(aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
Stack
(video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
I've got 107 Golden Branches, but the stack size is 20 so they're taking up 6 spaces in my inventory.
Stack
(transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
Please stack those chairs in the corner.
Stack
To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.
This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!
Stack
To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!
Stack
(transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.
Stack
To crash; to fall.
Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.
Stack
(gaming) To operate cumulatively.
A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.
Stack
To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
Stack
To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
Stack
(printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
Stack
A large and to some degree orderly pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
But corn was housed, and beans were in the stack.
Stack
An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; - used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile
Against every pillar was a stack of billets above a man's height.
Stack
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
Stack
A large quantity; as, a stack of cash.
Stack
A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
Stack
A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
Stack
The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.
Stack
To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
Stack
To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.
Stack
To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.
Stack
An orderly pile
Stack
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
A batch of letters
A deal of trouble
A lot of money
He made a mint on the stock market
It must have cost plenty
Stack
A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Stack
A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
Stack
A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
Stack
Load or cover with stacks;
Stack a truck with boxes
Stack
Arrange in stacks;
Heap firewood around the fireplace
Stack your books up on the shelves
Stack
Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances;
Stack the deck of cards
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