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'''Pool''' may refer to:
==Bodies of water==
*[[Plunge pool]], small, deep body of water
*The [[River Pool]], river in England tributary to the River Ravensbourne
*[[Reflecting pool]], shallow pool of water designed to reflect a structure
**[[Capitol Reflection Pool]], western most element of the United States Capitol Building Grounds
**[[Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool]], in Washington, D.C.
*[[Stream pool]], a quiet slow moving portion of a stream
*[[Swimming pool]], artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming
*[[Tide pool]], rocky pools by oceans that are filled with seawater
==Sports, games and gambling==
*[[Betting pool]], form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool
*[[Dead pool]], betting pool on the date of death of celebrities
*[[Hockey pool]], simplified version of fantasy hockey
*[[Football pools]], football (soccer) betting pool
*[[Footy pool]], Australian-rules football pool
*[[Pool betting]], betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool
*[[Pool billiards]], family of games played on a pocket billiards table
*[[Pool checkers]], variant of checkers (draughts)
*[[Pool play]], round robin stage of many sporting championships
*[[Pool (poker)]], money wagered during a single hand of poker
*[[Singapore Pools]], Singapore's sole legal lottery
==Computing==
*[[Connection pool]], cache of database connections maintained by the database
*[[Object pool]], set of initialised programming objects that are kept ready to use
*[[Memory pool]], dynamic memory allocation method
*[[Memory Pool System]], memory management system
*[[Thread pool pattern]], programming method where a number of threads are created to perform a number of tasks
==Geography==
*[[Pool, Cornwall]], in England
*[[Pool-in-Wharfedale]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]
*[[Pool Region]], in the [[Republic of the Congo]]
*[[Pool, West Virginia]], in the [[United States]]
==Persons==
*[[Albert-Jan Pool]] (b. 1960), Dutch type designer
*[[Ithiel de Sola Pool]] (1917–1984), pioneer in the development of [[social science]]
*[[John Pool]] (1826–1884), Senator from North Carolina
*[[Walter F. Pool]] (1850–1883), Congressman from North Carolina
==General==
*[[Gene pool]], complete set of unique alleles in a species or population
*[[Pool-type reactor]], nuclear reactor that has a core immersed in an open pool of water
*[[Pooling (resource management)]], grouping together of resources or effort
**[[Secretarial pool]], group of secretaries available to assist executives
**[[Press pool]], group of news gathering organizations pooling their resources
==See also==
*[[AIDS]]
*[[Poole (disambiguation)]]
*[[Poel]] (disambiguation page)
*[[Poul]] (disambiguation page)
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