Pcode

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

  P-code
       
          The intermediate code produced by the {Pascal-P} compiler.
          Assembly language for a hypothetical stack machine, the
          P-machine, said to have been an imitation of the instruction
          set for the Burroughs Large System.  The term was first used


          in Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, N. Wirth, P-H
          1976.  Byte articles on writing a Pascal Compiler in Northstar
          BASIC (ca Aug 1978) also used the term.  Later used in Apple
          Pascal, and as the intermediate language in the UCSD P-system.
       
          Variants: P2 P-code, P4 P-code, UCSD P-code, LASL P-code.
       
          Address: USUS, Box 1148, La Jolla, CA 92038, USA.
       
          ["A Comparison of PASCAL Intermediate Languages", P.A. Nelson,
          SIGPLAN Notices 14(8):208-213 (Aug 1979)].
       
          (1995-10-15)