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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


People

* Brook (surname) *People with the given name Brook, or nickname ** Brook Benton (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 (born 1971), former Miss USA and Miss Universe (1997) from Hawaii, U.S. ** Brook Lopez, 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 ** Brook, a fictional character in the manga and anime ''One Piece''


Places

* Brook, Indiana, United States * Brook, Isle of Wight, England * Brook, Kent, England * Brook, Surrey, England * Brook, a hamlet in the parish of Albury, Surrey * Brook Islands, Australia * Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, a detention centre near Gatwick Airport, England


Other uses

* Brook (One Piece), 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


See also

* Brock (disambiguation) * Brock (surname) *
Brooke (disambiguation) Brooke may refer to: People * Brooke (given name) * Brooke (surname) * Brooke baronets, families of baronets with the surname Brooke Places * Brooke, Norfolk, England * Brooke, Rutland, England * Brooke, Virginia, US * Brooke's Point, Palawan ...
* Brooks (disambiguation) *
Bruck (disambiguation) Bruck may refer to any of the following: Name Ethiopian Bruck is a common name for a male meaning blessed: Places Bruck (Bavarian for "bridge") is a common name for towns: Austria * Bruck am Ziller, in the district of Schwaz in Tyrol * Br ...
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The Brook (disambiguation) The Brook can refer to: *The Brook, a gentlemen's club in New York City * The Brook, Nelson, a suburb of Nelson, New Zealand *''The Brook'', a nickname for Carisbrook, a former sports venue in Dunedin, New Zealand *The Brook, formerly Seabrook Gre ...
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