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Pascal

Pronunciation: /ˈpask(ə)l/
(also PASCAL)
Definition of Pascal

noun

[mass noun]
  • a high-level structured computer programming language used for teaching and general programming.

Origin:

1970s: named after B. Pascal (see Pascal, Blaise) because he built a calculating machine

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