Canary (disambiguation)
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The word canary is used to describe a number of things:
- The canary bird.
- In computing, canaries or canary words are dummy data fields used in the implemention of stack-smashing protection. The name is an allusion to the use of canaries as warning devices in coal-mines.
- Canary wood is a name used to describe wood from a number of tree species.
- Canary Islands
