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Pool

Pool has several meanings:

• It is any of several games similar to billiards, distinguished by using a table that has one pocket at each corner and one in the middle of each of the two longer sides. See Eight ball.
• It is a small body of water, often man-made. See swimming pool.
• A pool is also a container for money to which many people contribute, and also a container for messages in an anonymous remailer.
• In computer science, a memory pool is an area of storage reserved to be allocated in a special, regular way.
• The total money wagered on a specific type of bet in a parimutuel wagering operation.

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