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Pascal

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

Pascal A programming language in common though decreasing use. Pascal was designed as a tool to assist the teaching of programming as a systematic discipline. To that end it incorporates the control structures of structured programming – sequence, selection, and repetition – and data structures – arrays, records, files, sets, and user-defined types. It is an austere language, with a minimum of facilities, but what is provided is so well suited to its task that the language is in practice more powerful than its more elaborate competitors.

Pascal was relatively easy to implement on a variety of machines since the Pascal compiler was written in Pascal. Used first as an educational tool, Pascal became a more-or-less standard language for the teaching of computer science. It spread into microcomputing in the form of the UCSD p-System: this is now little used, the dominant version in the micro world now being Turbo Pascal. In 1982 ISO Standard Pascal was defined, but modern compilers, particularly Turbo Pascal, implement an extended and nonstandard version of the language.

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Pascal

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Pascal ♂ (French) name from Late Latin Paschalis ‘relating to Easter’ (Latin Pascha, from Hebrew pesach ‘Passover’). This was taken up by the early Christians as a personal name, partly in honour of the great Christian festival, but mainly as a name for sons born at this time of the year. It was borne by two medieval popes, neither of whom achieved anything particularly notable. Its popularity may have been influenced by the fame of the French philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623–62), whose Pensées (‘Thoughts’) were published posthumously in 1670. The name is now occasionally used in the English-speaking world, mainly by Roman Catholics.

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pascal

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

pascal (symbol Pa) A unit of pressure equal to a pressure of one newton per square metre. One pascal equals 10^-5 bar. Hence, the Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately 10⁵ pascal. It is named after the French mathematician and theologian Blaise Pascal (1623–62).

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pascal

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

pas·cal / päˈskäl/ • n. the SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton per square meter (approx. 0.000145 pounds per square inch, or 9.9 × 10⁻⁶ atmospheres).

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pascal

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

pascal
1. (Pa) The derived SI unit of pressure, equal to 1 N/m².

2. A high-level computer programming language. Both are named after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623–62).

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pascal

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

pascal
1. (Pa) The derived SI unit of pressure, equal to 1 N/m².

2. A high-level computer programming language. Both are named after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623–62).

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Pascal

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Pascal ♂ (French) From Late Latin Paschalis ‘relating to Easter'.

Also: Paschal.
Feminine form: Pascale.

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pascal

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

pascal (pas-kăl) n. the SI unit of pressure, equal to 1 newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.

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pascal

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

pascal The SI unit of pressure equal to one newton per square metre.

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Pascal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Pascal see programming language .

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Pascal

Pascal •Amal, Arles, banal, Barisal, Basle, Bhopal, Carl, chorale, corral, dhal, entente cordiale, Escorial, farl, femme fatale, Funchal, gayal, gnarl, halal, Karl, kraal, locale, marl, morale, musicale, Pascal, pastorale, procès-verbal, Provençal, rationale, real, rial, riyal, snarl, Taal, Taj Mahal, timbale, toile, Vaal, Vidal, Waal •Stendhal • Heyerdahl • housecarl •cantal • hartal • Wiesenthal •Lilienthal • neanderthal • Emmental •Hofmannsthal • Wuppertal •Transvaal • Roncesvalles • Kursaal

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PASCAL

PASCAL (or Pascal) (ˈpæsˌkæl) Computing, indicating a programming language (named after Blaise Pascal (1623–62), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist)

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PASCAL." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PASCAL." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-PASCAL.html

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	Pascal and Disbelief: Catechesis and Conversion in the Pensees. Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/1996
	Hammond, Nicholas, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Pascal.(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2005
	Whatever happened to...UCSD and the P-System? (Pascal programming language)... Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 12/1/1992