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algol

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Al=gol

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun algol has 2 senses

algol(n = noun.object) Array - the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary; Array

is a member of perseus

algol(n = noun.communication) Array - (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms; Array

is a kind of

algebraic language

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algol, n. [Ar. al-gh destruction, calamity, fr. ghāla to take suddenly, destroy.].

A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

algol, n. a high-level computer programming language.

Etymology

ALGORITHMIC (see ALGORITHM) + LANGUAGE

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