ALGOL

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Meaning:

(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ALGOL" is a kind of...):

algebraic language (an algorithmic language having statements that resemble algebraic expressions)

Meaning:

The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

binary; binary star; double star (a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation)

Holonyms ("Algol" is a member of...):

Perseus (a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way)