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sequel

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sequel  \Se"quel\  (s[=e]"kw[e^]l),  n.  [L.  sequela,  fr  sequit  to 
  follow:  cf  F.  s['e]quelle  a  following.  See  {Sue}  to  follow.] 
  1.  That  which  follows;  a  succeeding  part  continuation;  as 
  the  sequel  of  a  man's  advantures  or  history. 
 
  O,  let  me  say  no  more!  Gather  the  sequel  by  that 
  went  before  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Consequence;  event;  effect;  result;  as  let  the  sun  cease, 
  fail  or  swerve,  and  the  sequel  would  be  ruin. 
 
  3.  Conclusion;  inference.  [R.]  --Whitgift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sequel 
  n  1:  something  that  follows  something  else  [syn:  {subsequence}] 
  2:  a  part  added  to  a  book  or  play  that  continues  and  extends  it 
  [syn:  {continuation}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Sequel 
 
  1.  Precursor  to  SQL. 
 
  ["System  R:  Relational  Approach  to  Database  Management",  IBM 
  Res  Lab,  San  Jose,  reprinted  in  Readings  in  Database  Systems]. 
 
  2.  U  Leeds.  Theorem  prover  specification  language.  Pattern 
  matching  notation  similar  to  Prolog.  Compiled  into  Lisp. 
 
  [Proc  ICJAI  13]. 
 
  {(ftp://agora.leeds.ac.uk/scs/logic/)} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SEQUEL 
  Structured  English  QUEry  Language  (IBM,  DB  SQL,  predecessor)




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