Pascal

Pascal or PASCAL may refer to:

People

  • Pascal (given name), a French given name
  • Saint Pascal, Paschal Baylon
  • Pascal (surname), a French and Italian surname
    • Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher
  • Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher
  • Places

  • Pascal Island (Antarctica)
  • Pascal Island (Western Australia)
  • Pascal (crater), a lunar crater
  • In science and technology

  • Pascal (unit) (Pa), the SI unit of pressure
  • Pascal (programming language), a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth
  • Pascal (microarchitecture), the codename for a microarchitecture developed by Nvidia
  • PASCAL (database), a scientific bibliographic database maintained by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information
  • Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling and Computational Learning (PASCAL), a Network of Excellence funded by the European Union
  • Other uses

  • Pascal blanc, a French white wine grape
  • J. Pascal's Furniture and Hardware, a Montreal hardware and furniture store trading under the name “Pascal”
  • Pascal (surname)

    Pascal is a French and an Italian surname.

    Origin of the surname

    Pascal is a patronymic surname that derives from the personal given name Pascal, from Latin Paschalis. In France Pascal is especially found in the Southern-Eastern area, in Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, while in Italy Pascal is found in Northern-Western area, in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and the variant De Pascal in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

    People

  • Adam Pascal, American actor and singer
  • Amy Pascal, American film producer.
  • André Pascal, French song-writer and composer
  • Andrew Pascal, American businessman in the gaming industry.
  • Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher
  • Charles A. Pascal, Jr., American politician
  • Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director
  • Dave Pascal, American cartoonist
  • Étienne Pascal (1588–1651), French judge and amateur scientist, father of Blaise
  • Fabian Pascal, Romanian-American computer scientist
  • Francine Pascal, American author
  • Francoise Pascal, Mauritian actress
  • Pascal (given name)

    Pascal is a common masculine Francophone given name, cognate of Italian name Pasquale, Spanish name Pascual, Catalan name Pasqual.

    Pascal is common in French-speaking countries, Germany and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include Pascale, Pascalle or Pascalina. Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as De Pascal, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia).

    Pascal derives from the Latin paschalis or pashalis, which means "relating to Easter", from the Latin term for "Easter", pascha, Greek Πάσχα, from the Aramaic pasḥā (Hebrew pesach) "Passover" (since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the Latin word came to be used for both occasions). The Christian given name is in origin from the meaning "one born on Easter day", or "born on Pentecost" (see below).

    Variations of the given name include: Paschal, Pasqual, Pasquale, Paskal, Pascoal, Pascale, Pascha, Paschalis, Pascual, Pascoe and Pasco.

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