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SNOBOL

Syllabification: (SNOBOL)
Pronunciation: /ˈsnōˌbôl/
Definition of SNOBOL

noun

  • a high-level computer programming language used especially in manipulating textual data.

Origin:

1960s: formed from letters taken from string-oriented symbolic language, on the pattern of COBOL

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