Hole

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The term hole may refer to various cavities and (not necessarily physical) voids :

• in golf, an individual section of a course.
• 'the hole' a place where a prisoner is kept, either long-term (like an oubliette) or as a prison punishment (such as full isolation, or a very hot spot)
• Black hole
• Electron hole, the absence of an electron in the valence band in solid state physics and electronics.
• White hole, the opposite of a black hole.
• A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit (computer science).
• Punchhole, for filing paper
• Hole, is a term used various ways in the game of poker
• Memory hole, in computer science, a contiguous block of available memory.
• Portable hole, a device used in animated cartoons and in the game Dungeons & Dragons.
• a body cavity; in particular the anus, also in various compounds e.g. Arse-hole, UK slang for the anus.
• In the hole is a term used in baseball.
• Hole (football), in football, a region or position in a team formation.
• Adelaide, the Australian city is also refered to as "The Hole", by the majority of the Australian population.

[edit] Arts

• Holes (novel), a novel by Louis Sachar
• Holes (film), a 2003 movie starring Shia LaBeouf and Jon Voight based on the novel
• Hole (band), a musical group formed by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson that was disbanded in 2002.
• Hole (album), an album by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel.
• Hole (EP), an EP by 65daysofstatic.

[edit] Other

• Hole, Norway, a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.

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