PROLOG

Prolog

/ (ˈprəʊlɒɡ) /

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noun

a computer programming language based on mathematical logic

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Word Origin for PROLOG

C20: from pro (gramming in) log (ic)

Words nearby PROLOG

proline iminopeptidase, prolix, Prolixin, prolixity, prolocutor, PROLOG, prologue, prologuize, prolong, prolongate, prolongation

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How to use PROLOG in a sentence

It is an extreme, heightened set-up, I say: the whole hostage-taking, life-imperiled prolog.
Sex, Blood, and Screaming: Blackout’s Dark Frights|Tim Teeman|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And first of the Prolog of the first fyndyng, and interpretacioun of the said Buke out of diuerse langagis, etc.
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood|Ramon Llull
The poem is relieved of all the episodes except the prolog and King Hrothgars discourse.
The Translations of Beowulf|Chauncey Brewster Tinker
It will be found that only two of the episodes are passed without mention—the Prolog and the Tale of Thrytho.
The Translations of Beowulf|Chauncey Brewster Tinker

The history of that town, from 258 to 142, is enveloped in almost total darkness: cf. Prolog.
A Manual of Ancient History|A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren