Depot
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Depot (děpō or dēpō) is from the French dépôt which means a deposit (as in geology or banking) or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:
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[edit] Transportation
- a centralized store or operating base for logistical use by commercial or governmental bodies for storage of goods, training of personnel, or maintenance of vehicles.
- a railway or bus station.
- a large train or bus station, not usually for the transportation of people, but, rather, for the maintenance/service or storage of vehicles.
- a hub for the distribution of goods.
- a place or building where buses (see bus garage), trains or trams belonging to a particular company are stored and serviced when not in use.
[edit] Technology
- As a proper noun, Depot is an application used in conjunction with another application called "Carrier" or "iDEN Radio Service Software" to program Nextel iDEN cellular phones.
[edit] Medicine
- In medical terms, a depot injection is a long-acting formulation of an injectable drug.
[edit] Other
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police training facility in Regina, Saskatchewan is known simply as the Depot.
- A nickname for the Maxwell Street Depot, a popular 24-hour fast food joint on the South Side of Chicago with locations ranging from Bridgeport to South Shore.
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