English Dictionary
◊ PAWL
pawl
n : a hinged device that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move
a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn:
{detent}, {click}, {dog}]
 paw  pawky  pawl  pawn  pawn ticket 
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PAL?
PAL
1. {Paradox Application Language}.
2. For the {AVANCE} distributed {persistent} {operating
system}.
["PAL Reference Manual", M. Ahlsen et al, SYSLAB WP-125,
Stockholm 1987].
["AVANCE: An Object Management System", A. Bjornerstedt et al,
SIGPLAN Notices 23(11):206-221 (OOPSLA '88) (Nov 1988)].
[What is it?]
3. An {object-oriented} {Prolog}-like language.
["Inheritance Hierarchy Mechanism in Prolog", K. Akama, Proc
Logic Prog '86, LNCS 264, Springer 1986, pp. 12-21].
4. {PDP Assembly Language}.
5. {Pedagogic Algorithmic Language}.
6. {Programmable Array Logic}.
(1995-01-26)