Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Algol"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Algol \Al"gol\, n. [Ar. al-gh[=u]l destruction, calamity, fr.
gh[=a]la to take suddenly, destroy.] (Astron.)
A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus,
remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Algol
n 1: second brightest star in Perseus; first known eclipsing
binary [syn: {Algol}]
2: ALGOrithmic Language; a programming language used to
express computer programs as algorithms [syn: {ALGOL}]
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