Jovial

Jovial may refer to:

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Jovial (watch)

Brand Jovial

Jovial is a Swiss manufacturer of watches, with headquarters in Biel, Switzerland, formed in 1929 by Fernand Droz, ( November 2, 1884 –August 1, 1949).

Jovial has large presence in middle east and rapidly expanding worldwide. Jovial participates in international expo / exhibitions.ref> Jovial uses ETA SA movements for some of their watches.

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JOVIAL

JOVIAL is a high-level computer programming language similar to ALGOL, but specialized for the development of embedded systems (specialized computer systems designed to perform one or a few dedicated functions, usually embedded as part of a complete device including mechanical parts).

History

JOVIAL was developed as a new "high-order" programming language beginning in 1959 by a team at System Development Corporation (SDC) headed by Jules Schwartz to compose software for the electronics of military aircraft. The name JOVIAL is an acronym for "Jules Own Version of the International Algebraic Language." The "International Algorithmic Language" (IAL) was a name originally proposed for ALGOL 58.

During the 1960s JOVIAL was a part of the US Military L-project series, in particular 465L (the SACCS project), due to a lack of real-time processing languages available. Some 95% of the SACCS project, managed by ITT with software primarily written by SDC, was written in JOVIAL. The software project took two years and fewer than 1400 programmer years, less than half of the equivalent time in the SAGE L-project.