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ALGOL W

Specialty Definition: ALGOL W

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Computing

ALGOL W A derivative of ALGOL 60. It introduced double precision, complex numbers, bit strings and dynamic data structures. It is parsed entirely by operator precedence and used the call-by-value-result calling convention. ["A Contribution to the Development of Algol", N. Wirth, CACM 9(6):413-431, June 1966]. ["ALGOL W Implementation", H. Bauer et al, TR CS98, Stanford U, 1968]. (1994-11-24). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Algol W

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Algol-W was Niklaus Wirth's proposal for a successor to Algol 60 in the Algol 68 committee. It resembled already Pascal, but was not accepted by other committee members.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Algol W."

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Anagrams: ALGOL W

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-l-l-o-w"

-1 letter: aglow, allow.

-2 letters: alow, awol, gall, gaol, glow, goal, olla, wall.

-3 letters: ago, all, awl, gal, goa, lag, law, log, low, owl, wag, wog.

-4 letters: ag, al, aw, go, la, lo, ow, wo.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-l-l-o-w"
 

+1 letter: gallows.

 

+2 letters: allowing.

 

+3 letters: alpenglow, fallowing, gallowses, hallowing, sallowing, tallowing, walloping, wallowing.

 

+4 letters: alpenglows, lowballing, shallowing, swallowing.

 

+5 letters: allowancing, disallowing, gallowglass, glassblower, snowballing, unhallowing, wholesaling.

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Alternative Orthography: ALGOL W


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 47 4F 4C      57

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01000111 01001111 01001100 00100000 01010111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#71 &#79 &#76 &#32 &#87

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0047 004F 004C      0057

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3546414946257

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