ALGOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ALGOL mean? 

• ALGOL (noun)
  The noun ALGOL has 2 senses:

1. the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary

2. (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms

  Familiarity information: ALGOL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALGOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

binary; binary star; double star (a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation)

Holonyms ("Algol" is a member of...):

Perseus (a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ALGOL" is a kind of...):

algebraic language (an algorithmic language having statements that resemble algebraic expressions)