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bucket

A reserved amount of memory that holds a single item or multiple items of data. Bucket is somewhat synonymous to "buffer," although buffers are usually memory locations for incoming data records, while buckets tend to be smaller holding areas for calculations. See hash table, buffer and variable.

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bucket

1. any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel

2. a cupped blade or bucket-like compartment on the outer circumference of a water wheel, paddle wheel, etc

3. Computing a unit of storage on a direct-access device from which data can be retrieved

4. Chiefly US a turbine rotor blade

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bucket [′bək·ət]

(botany)

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(computer science)

A name usually reserved for a storage cell in which data may be accumulated.

(engineering)

A cup on the rim of a Pelton wheel against which water impinges.

A reversed curve at the toe of a spillway to deflect the water horizontally and reduce erosiveness.

A container on a lift pump or chain pump.

A container on some bulk-handling equipment, such as a bucket elevator, bucket dredge, or bucket conveyor.

A water outlet in a turbine.

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