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Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory, a Johns Hopkins University laboratory.

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  1. Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory, a Johns Hopkins University laboratory.

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  2. Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory, at the University of Washington.

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  3. An early programming language using mathematically derived symbols for many of its operations.

  4. Initialism of Adaptive Public License.

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  5. Initialism of AROS Public License.

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Where this word comes from

(computer language): From the book A Programming Language (1962).

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