APL.
Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory, a Johns Hopkins University laboratory.
Meaning & usage
Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory, a Johns Hopkins University laboratory.
Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory, at the University of Washington.
An early programming language using mathematically derived symbols for many of its operations.
Initialism of Adaptive Public License.
Initialism of AROS Public License.
Where this word comes from
(computer language): From the book A Programming Language (1962).
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