Algol

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Algol \Al"gol\, n. [Ar. al-gh[=u]l destruction, calamity, fr.
     gh[=a]la to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.)
     A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus,
     remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Algol
       n 1: second brightest star in Perseus; first known eclipsing
            binary
       2: ALGOrithmic Language; a programming language used to express
          computer programs as algorithms

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

  ALGOL
       ALGOrithmic Language
       
       

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

  ALGOL
       
          {ALGOL 60}