Brook may refer to:

Computing

*Brook, a

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their Syntax (programming languages), syntax (form) and semantics (computer science), semantics (meaning), usually def ...

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

C compiler C, or c, is the third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''cee'' (pronounced ), plural ''cees''. History "C ...

BrookGPU In computing, the Brook programming language and its implementation BrookGPU were early and influential attempts to enable general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU). Brook, developed at Stanford University graphics group, was ...

, a framework for GPGPU programming

People

* Brook (surname) *People with the given name Brook, or nickname **

Brook Benton Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), known professionally as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter whose music transcended rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres in the 1950s and 1960s, with ...

(1931–1988), American singer and songwriter ** Brook Hannah (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 Brook Robert Lopez (born April 1, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Splash Mountain", he was named an NBA All-Star as a member of the Brooklyn Net ...

, American basketball player **

Brook Taylor Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis. Taylor's most famous developments are Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series, essent ...

(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, rapper, actress, and entrepreneur. Often referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Qu ...

**Brook, a fictional character in the manga and anime ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...

Places

Brook (hydrology) A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...

, a small river or natural stream of fresh water * Brook, Indiana, United States *

Brook, Isle of Wight Brook is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brighstone, on the Isle of Wight, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 156. On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Brighstone. Background Brook is s ...

, 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, New Forest Brook is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bramshaw, in Hampshire, England. It lies just inside the New Forest. The hamlet contains a mix of 18th and 19th century cottages, just south of the village of Bramshaw. There are two inns in Brook on o ...

, a hamlet in Hampshire, England *

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

, England * Brook, Guildford, a hamlet in the parish of

Albury, Surrey Albury is a village and civil parish in central Surrey, England, around east of Guildford. It is in the Surrey Hills National Landscape and the Guildford (borough), Borough of Guildford. The civil parish covers an area of and includes the se ...

, England *

Brook Islands National Park The Brook Islands National Park is a national park in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, 1246 km northwest of Brisbane, with an area of 0.9 km2. It was established in 1994 and comprises three islands (North, Tween and Mid ...

, Australia *

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

, a detention centre near Gatwick Airport, England

Other uses

Brook (One Piece) Brook (ブルック, ''Burukku''), widely known as "Soul King" Brook, is a fictional character in the anime and manga series ''One Piece'', created and written by artist Eiichiro Oda. The character made his first appearance in the 442nd chapter o ...

, 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 bequeath ...

, a British contraceptive services organisation

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