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/L

A {SIMD} parallel extension of {Pascal}.

["Implementation of an Array and Vector Processing Language",

C. Fernstrom, Intl Conf Parallel Proc, IEEE, pp.113-127

(1982)].

(1994-11-02)