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CLU.

A computer language developed between 1973–1975 that pioneered abstract data types and iterators.

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name/kluː/
  1. A computer language developed between 1973–1975 that pioneered abstract data types and iterators.

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Clipping of cluster, a concept equivalent to classes in object-oriented programming.

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