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/R

{Pascal} with {relational database} constructs added. The

first successful integrated {database} language.

["Pascal/R Report", J.W. Schmidt et al, U Hamburg, Fachbereich

Informatik, Report 66, Jan 1980].

(1994-10-19)