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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Algol \Al"gol\, n. [Ar. al-gh[=u]l destruction, calamity, fr gh[=a]la to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Algol n 1: second brightest star in Perseus; first known eclipsing binary [syn: {Algol}] 2: ALGOrithmic Language; a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms [syn: {ALGOL}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: ALGOL {ALGOL 60} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language
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