pascal

n 1: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

[syn: {Pa}]

2: French mathematician and philosopher; invented an adding

machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of

probability (1623-1662) [syn: {Pascal}, {Blaise Pascal}]

3: a programing language designed to teach programming through

a top-down modular approach [syn: {Pascal}]

Pascal-F

Pascal extended to include fixed-point arithmetic. E. Nelson,

"Pascal-F: Programming Language for Real-Time Automotive

Control", IEEE ElectroTechnol. Rev. (USA), 2:39, 1968.