brook A brook is a small river or natural stream of fresh water. It may also refer to: Computing *Brook, a programming language for GPU programming based on C *Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler *BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming ...

is a small river or natural stream of fresh water. It may also refer to:

Computing

*Brook, a

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may also be graphical. They are a kind of computer language. The description of a programming ...

for GPU programming based on C *Brook+, an explicit data-parallel

C compiler This page is intended to list all current compilers, compiler generators, interpreters, translators, tool foundations, assemblers, automatable command line interfaces ( shells), etc. Ada Compilers ALGOL 60 compilers ALGOL 68 compilers cf. ...

BrookGPU The Brook programming language and its implementation BrookGPU were early and influential attempts to enable general-purpose computing on graphics processing units. Brook, developed at Stanford University graphics group, was a compiler and runtime ...

, a framework for GPGPU programming

People

Brook (surname) Brook is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Brook (flourished 1789), English physicist and bookseller *Basil Brook (1576 – c. 1646), English ironmaster, see Basil Brooke (metallurgist) * Andrew Brook (born 1943), Canadi ...

*People with the given name Brook, or nickname **

Brook Benton Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), better known as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960 ...

(1931–1988), American singer and songwriter **

Brook Hannah Charles Brooking 'Brook' Hannah (28 September 1874 – 14 January 1961) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After retiring from playing football, Hannah joined the Chin ...

(1874–1961), Australian rules footballer and missionary **

Brook Mahealani Lee Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee (born January 8, 1971) is an American former beauty queen who was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 1997, Miss USA 1997, and Miss Universe 1997. Lee is the first native Hawaiian to win the title of Miss Universe. Early li ...

(born 1971), former Miss USA and Miss Universe (1997) from Hawaii, U.S. **

Brook Lopez Brook Robert Lopez (born April 1, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played two years of college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. Lopez was selected ...

, American basketball player **

Brook Taylor Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician best known for creating Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series, which are important for their use in mathematical analysis. Life and work Brook Taylor w ...

(1685–1731), English mathematician of Taylor series fame **Brook, a persona of

Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...

Brook A brook is a small river or natural stream of fresh water. It may also refer to: Computing *Brook, a programming language for GPU programming based on C *Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler *BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming ...

, a fictional character in the manga and anime ''One Piece''

Places

Brook, Indiana Brook is a town in Iroquois Township, Newton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 997 at the 2010 census. History Brook was laid out in 1866. A post office has been in operation at the town since 1859. The George Ade Hou ...

, United States *

Brook, Isle of Wight Brook is a village on the Isle of Wight, England.http://www.backofthewight.net According to the Post Office the 2011 census population was included in the civil parish of Brighstone. Background Brook is situated on the south west coast of the ...

, England *

Brook, Kent Brook is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England, centred east-northeast of the town of Ashford. Geography Brook is in a gently rolling valley top immediately south of the North Downs. The brook referred t ...

, England *

Brook, Surrey __NOTOC__ Brook is a hamlet in the civil parish of Witley in the Waverley district in south-west Surrey. It is in the far west of Wormley, beyond Sandhills with which it avoids being contiguous due to a narrow, partly woodland buffer. Brook s ...

, England * Brook, a hamlet in the parish of

Albury, Surrey Albury is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England, about south-east of Guildford town centre. The village is within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Farley Green, Little London and adjace ...

* Brook Islands, Australia *

Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is a privately managed detention centre, operated by Serco on behalf of Home Office. The facility is situated in the grounds of Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex. Brook House opened in March 2009 as a ...

, a detention centre near Gatwick Airport, England

Other uses

Brook (One Piece) The ''One Piece'' manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using var ...

, a fictional skeleton from the anime and manga ''One Piece'' *

Brook Advisory Centres Brook Advisory Centres were set up by Lady Helen Brook in 1964 offering contraceptive advice to young single people under the age of 25. Brook was asked in 1958 by the Eugenics Society to run the birth control clinic they had just been bequeathed ...

, a British contraceptive services organisation

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