English Dictionary
ester
n : formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with
elimination of water
English Computing Dictionary
Esterel
A distributed language for synchronous interaction of
{real-time} systems with their environment. Uses explicit
timing requests. Esterel programs are compiled into finite
{automata}.
["The ESTEREL Programming Language and its Mathematical
Semantics", G. Berry & L. Cosserat, TR 327, INRIA, 1984].