ABC

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ABC
       n : the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he
           mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: {rudiment},
            {first rudiment}, {first principle}, {alphabet}, {ABC's},
            {ABCs}]



From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ABC
       Atanasoff-Berry-Computer
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ABC
       
          1.  An {imperative} language and programming
          environment from {CWI}, Netherlands.  It is interactive,
          structured, high-level, and easy to learn and use.  It is a
          general-purpose language which you might use instead of
          {BASIC}, {Pascal} or {AWK}.  It is not a systems-programming
          language but is good for teaching or prototyping.
       
          ABC has only five data types that can easily be combined;
          {strong typing}, yet without declarations; data limited only
          by memory; refinements to support top-down programming;
          nesting by indentation.  Programs are typically around a
          quarter the size of the equivalent {Pascal} or {C} program,
          and more readable.
       
          ABC includes a programming environment with {syntax-directed}
          editing, {suggestion}s, {persistent variable}s and multiple
          workspaces and {infinite precision} arithmetic.
       
          An example function words to collect the set of all words in a
          document:
       
             HOW TO RETURN words document:
                PUT {} IN collection
                FOR line in document:
                   FOR word IN split line:
                      IF word not.in collection:
                         INSERT word IN collection
                RETURN collection
       
          {Interpreter}/{compiler}, version 1.04.01, by Leo Geurts,
          Lambert Meertens, Steven Pemberton .
          ABC has been ported to {Unix}, {MS-DOS}, {Atari}, {Macintosh}.
       
          {Home (http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/projects/abc.html)}.
       
          {FTP eu.net (ftp://ftp.eu.net/programming/languages/abc)},
          {FTP nluug.nl (ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/programming/languages/abc)},
          {FTP uunet (ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/abc)}.
       
          Mailing list: .
       
          E-mail: .
       
          ["The ABC Programmer's Handbook" by Leo Geurts, Lambert
          Meertens and Steven Pemberton, published by Prentice-Hall
          (ISBN 0-13-000027-2)].
       
          ["An Alternative Simple Language and Environment for PCs" by
          Steven Pemberton, IEEE Software, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 1987,
          pp. 56-64.]
       
          (1995-02-09)
       
          2.  Argument, Basic value, C?.
       
          An {abstract machine} for implementation of {functional
          language}s and its intermediate code.
       
          [P. Koopman, "Functional Programs as Executable
          Specifications", 1990].
       
          (1995-02-09)