APL
AmericanEtymology
Origin of APL
1965–70; A P(rogramming) L(anguage)
Example Sentences
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He trained under some of the world’s most influential chefs, including Daniel Boulud and Guy Savoy, before launching his own restaurant, the since-shuttered but acclaimed Hollywood steakhouse APL.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Oceangate stopped working with APL and decided to bring the design and construction of Titan in-house.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
In an article published this week in APL Materials, by AIP Publishing, Luan and his collaborators tested a molecular energy harvesting device that captures the energy from the natural motion of molecules in a liquid.
From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023
The next possibility might be Interstellar Probe, a proposal from APL to send a spacecraft to interstellar space.
From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2023
Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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