UFO

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  UFO
       n : an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown;
           especially those considered to have extraterrestrial
           origins [syn: {unidentified flying object}, {flying
           saucer}]



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

  UFO
       
           (United Functions and Objects) A hybrid
          {functional} and {object-oriented} language designed by John
          Seargant at {Manchester University} for general-purpose
          parallel computation.
       
          To a first approximation, UFO is a strict, higher-order
          functional language with an object-oriented type system, and
          strong support for numeric computation in the form of
          SISAL-style arrays and loops.  Parallelism is implicit, and
          applies at various different levels of granularity, thereby
          facilitating implementations on a wide range of parallel
          architectures.
       
          It is planned to run it on a 64 processor {KSR} machine.
       
          (1996-08-22)