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-m

["Pascal-m: A Language for Loosely Coupled Distributed

Systems", S. Abramsky et al in Distributed Computing Systems,

Y. Paker et al eds, Academic Press 1986, pp. 163-189].

(1994-11-02)