Depot

Depot (/ˈdɛpoʊ/ DEP-oh or /ˈdiːpoʊ/ DEE-poh) 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:

Transport

Transport hub for freight

Motive power depot, where trains and trams are sheltered and eventually maintained when not in use

Propellant depot, which supplies fuel to spacecraft

Castaway depot, contains stores and survival gear for victims of shipwrecks

A train depot, where mainly locomotives are sheltered and repaired

Used as a part of railway station's name, because the same place was previously or still is being used as a train shelter and naturally became a railway station as well (e.g. Boise Union Pacific Depot)

Bus garage or 'bus depot', where buses are sheltered when not in use

Used as a part of bus station's name (e.g. Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot)

Technology

An application in the Radio Service Software

The format for Hewlett-Packard's Software Distributor

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In 1995, Tooele City annexes 4,000 acres initiated by Tooele Associates

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 12 Nov 2020

Following six months of negotiations, an international manufacturing company had agreed to a five-year lease in the privatized area of Tooele Army Depot ... The sheet metal manufacturer would be the first private company to sign a lease agreement since TAD privatization effort began the previous year....

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Cotter on the White

Arkansas Online 07 Nov 2020

Cotter is known these days as one of the top places in the country to fish for trout, but it was a product of the railroad ... Powell and local citizens, leased land for the railway. About 40 acres were reserved for railroad use, including depots, a terminal yard and an engine facility. The city grew like other railroad-related boomtowns of the era ... ....

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Brockwayville Depot; From train station to senior center

Courier Express 02 Nov 2020

BROCKWAY — The Brockwayville Depot has a long history as a train depot in the area, before becoming the thriving senior center that it is today ... The depot was first leased to the JCAAA by the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc in 2001, and remains in place for 50 years ... Finally, in 2003, the new Brockwayville Depot Senior Center opened....