APL
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See also: apl
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](computer language): From the book A Programming Language (1962).
Noun
[edit]APL (countable and uncountable, plural APLs)
- (oncology, hematology, uncountable) Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
- Synonym: APML
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 407:
- The disease that stood at the pivotal crossroads of oncology was yet another rare variant of leukemia called acute promyelocytic leukemia—APL.
- (scouting, countable) Initialism of assistant patrol leader.
Proper noun
[edit]APL
- (astronomy, NASA, physics) Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory (a Johns Hopkins University laboratory)
- (physics, US) Initialism of Applied Physics Laboratory (at the University of Washington)
- (computer languages) An early programming language using mathematically derived symbols for many of its operations.
- Initialism of Adaptive Public License.
- Initialism of AROS Public License.
Further reading
[edit]APL (programming language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia