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SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
copyrights:
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
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glossary-type: term
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- role: glossary-member
  uid: ../general
term: stack
text: |
  A data structure that is managed using a Last In First Out (LIFO)
  discipline.  Each task has a stack associated with it which is used to
  store return information and local variables.
type: glossary