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Noun: ALGOL
  1. (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms
Noun: Algol  'al,gól
  1. The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary

Type of: algebraic language, binary, binary star, double star

Part of: Perseus

Encyclopedia: ALGOL

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