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Lisp

Pronunciation: /lɪsp/
Definition of Lisp

noun

[mass noun]
  • a high-level computer programming language devised for list processing.

Origin:

1950s: from lis(t) p(rocessor)

Lisp in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Lisp in the US English dictionary
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