PL/1
[ pee-el-wuhn ]
/ ˈpiˌɛlˈwʌn /
noun
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
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Origin of PL/1
P(rogramming)L(anguage)/1
Words nearby PL/1
pkg.,
pkt.,
PKU,
pkwy.,
PL,
PL/1,
PLA,
plaas,
placable,
placage,
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How to use PL/1 in a sentence
The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
The CX-1 is different in small details from the Russian-Indian BrahMos but very similar in specifications.
The temperature of Cygnus X-1 from Hawking radiation is roughly a billionth of a degree above absolute zero.
The three astronomers argued persuasively that the rhythm of X-ray bursts they measured is most likely due to the M82 X-1.
Which brings us back to the possible IMBH, known Star Trekishly as M82 X-1, the brightest X-ray source in M82.
That this ridiculous form is wrong, is proved by the occurrence of places where the pl.
I take iowell (with a bar through the ll) to be the usual (Northern) contraction for Iowellis, jewels; F. text, joiau, pl.
Although some of the diacritics are not found in ISO-8859-1, they can be rendered as html numeric entities.
If a white man's foot ever treads that floor, our people used to say, Pl will surely claim him for her victim.
He had proceeded so far as to place “U-1—” on each side of the vessel.
British Dictionary definitions for PL/1
noun
programming language 1: a high-level computer programming language designed for mathematical and scientific purposes
Word Origin for PL/1
C20: p (rogramming) l (anguage) 1
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