this is becoming a popular term in IT.... let's see what Google says...
stake1
stāk/
noun
noun: stake; plural noun: stakes; noun: the stake
- 1.
a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a tree, form part of a fence, act as a boundary mark, etc.
- 2.
historical
a wooden post to which a person was tied before being burned alive as a punishment.
