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'''Pool''' may refer to: <br />
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==Bodies of water==<br />
* [[Pond]], largely synonymous<br />
* [[Swimming pool]], usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming<br />
* [[Reflecting pool]], a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings<br />
* [[Tide pool]], a rocky pool on an ocean shore that remains filled with seawater when the tide goes out<br />
* [[Salt pannes and pools]], a water-retaining depression located within salt and brackish marshes<br />
* [[Plunge pool]], a small, deep body of water<br />
* [[Stream pool]], a quiet slow-moving portion of a stream<br />
* [[Spent fuel pool]], a storage facility for used fuel rods from a nuclear reactor<br />
* [[Vernal pools]], seasonal pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals.<br />
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==Sports and gambling==<br />
* [[Pool (cards)]], the common pot for stakes or the stakes themselves in card games<br />
* [[Pool (dominoes)]], the stock or boneyard in dominoes<br />
* [[Pool (cue sports)]], a group of games played on a pool table<br />
* [[Pool (poker)]] or [[pot (poker)]], money wagered during a single hand of poker<br />
* [[Pool betting]] or parimutuel betting, a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together<br />
** [[Betting pool]], a form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool <br />
*** [[Football pool]], an association football (soccer) betting pool<br />
* [[Pool play]] or group stages, the round-robin stage of many sporting championships<br />
* [[Singapore Pools]], Singapore's national lottery<br />
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==Computing==<br />
* [[Pool (computer science)]], a set of initialized resources that are kept ready to use<br />
* [[Connection pool]], a cache of database connections maintained by the database<br />
* [[Memory pool]], a dynamic memory allocation method<br />
** Memory Pool System, a memory management system by [[Harlequin (software company)|Harlequin]]<br />
* [[Object pool pattern]], a pattern to construct sets of initialized programming objects that are kept ready to use<br />
* [[Thread pool pattern]], a programming method where a number of threads are created to perform a number of tasks<br />
* [[Pooling layer]], a form of non-linear down-sampling in [[Convolutional neural network#Pooling layer|convolutional neural networks]]<br />
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==Arts and entertainment==<br />
===Music===<br />
* [[Pool (John Zorn album)|''Pool'' (John Zorn album)]], 1980<br />
* [[Pool (Porches album)|''Pool'' (Porches album)]], 2016<br />
* "Pool", a 2017 song by Paramore from the album ''[[After Laughter]]''<br />
* "Pools", a 2014 song by Glass Animals from the album ''[[Zaba (album)|Zaba]]''<br />
* "Pools", a 2017 song by Sløtface from the album ''[[Try Not to Freak Out]]''<br />
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===Film===<br />
* [[The Pool (2001 film)|''The Pool'' (2001 film)]], German horror film also known as ''Swimming Pool''<br />
* [[The Pool (2007 film)|''The Pool'' (2007 film)]], co-written and directed by Chris Smith<br />
* [[The Pool (2009 film)|''The Pool'' (2009 film)]], adaptation of the 2006 play<br />
* [[The Pool (2018 film)|''The Pool'' (2018 film)]], Thai survival thriller film<br />
* [[Pool (film)|''Pool'' (film)]] ({{langx|id|Kolam|link=no}}), a 2007 short film<br />
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===Video games===<br />
* [[Pool (video game)|''Pool'' (video game)]], a 1983 sports game<br />
* [[Pools (video game)|''Pools'' (video game)]], a 2024 horror walking simulator<br />
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===Other uses in arts and entertainment===<br />
* [[The Pool (play)|''The Pool'' (play)]], by James Brough and Helen Elizabeth, 2006<br />
* "The Pool", an episode of the TV series ''Mayor of Kingstown'', [[Mayor of Kingstown#Season 2 (2023)|in season 2 (2023)]]<br />
* [[Pool (website)]], a defunct Australian Broadcasting Corporation social media site<br />
* [[The Pool (magazine)]] a defunct online women's magazine<br />
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==Places==<br />
===England===<br />
* [[Pool, Cornwall]], on the mainland, England<br />
* [[Pool, Isles of Scilly]], a [[List of United Kingdom locations: Po-Poz#Poo-Pop|location]] in Cornwall, England<br />
* [[Pool-in-Wharfedale]], in West Yorkshire, England<br />
* [[Pool of London]], a stretch of the River Thames<br />
* [[River Pool (London)]], a river in England, tributary to the River Ravensbourne<br />
* [[River Pool, Cumbria]], a river in Cumbria, England, tributary to the Gilpin<br />
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===United States===<br />
* [[Pool, West Virginia]], United States<br />
* [[The Pool (Central Park)]] in Manhattan, New York, United States<br />
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===Congo===<br />
* [[Pool Department]], a division of the Republic of the Congo<br />
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==Other uses==<br />
* [[Pool (surname)]], a surname (and list of people with the surname)<br />
* [[Pooling (resource management)]], grouping together of resources or effort<br />
** [[Press pool]], group of news gathering organizations pooling their resources<br />
** [[Secretarial pool]], group of secretaries available to assist executives<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Poel]], an island in the Baltic Sea<br />
* [[Poole (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Poul]], a given name<br />
* Pooling, or [[group testing]], in statistics<br />
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