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PROLOG

British  
/ ˈprəʊlɒɡ /

noun

  1. a computer programming language based on mathematical logic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of PROLOG

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

Example Sentences

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LeMond unveiled his first two models earlier this year: there’s the high-step frame Prolog and the more accessible Dutch with a step-thru frame.

From The Verge • Apr. 8, 2021

The Prolog, it will be recalled, was Beyond Life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Speaker of Prolog: "What do you mean, sir?"

From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich)

Among numerous school editions of the Prolog and The Knight's Tale may be named one issued by The American Book Co.,

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

The best poems for study are: The Prolog to the Canterbury Tales.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

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