3-letter words containing l
- efl — Extended Fortran Language
- el1 — Extensible Language One. An extensible language by B. Wegbreit of Harvard ca 1974. EL1 is internally somewhat Lisp-like, but fully typed with records and pointers. The external syntax is ALGOL-like and extensible, supporting user-defined data structures, control structures and operations. The parser is table-driven, with a modifiable set of productions. Used as the basis for the ECL operating system.
- eld — Old age.
- elf — A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature.
- eli — (in the Bible) A priest who acted as a teacher to the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 1–3).
- elk — Extension Language Kit
- ell — A former measure of length (equivalent to six hand breadths) used mainly for textiles, locally variable but typically about 45 inches.
- elm — A tall deciduous tree that typically has rough serrated leaves and propagates from root suckers.
- elp — 1. English Language Programs. Language for testing avionics equipment, on Varian 620/i. "Multiband Automatic test Equipment - A Computer Controlled Checkout System", T. Kuroda et al, Proc SJCC, 38 (1971). 2. Equational Logic Programming. A semantically pure, fully lazy language by M.J. O'Donnell <[email protected]>.
- els — Plural form of el.
- elt — English Language Teaching
- elv — Experimental Law Variation, one of a number of proposed rule changes to Rugby Union trialled in the game for twelve months during 2008 and 2009
- ely — a cathedral city in E England, in E Cambridgeshire on the River Ouse. Pop: 13 954 (2001)
- eml — Extended ML. A language for formally specifying SML programs.
- enl — enlarged
- eol — 1. End Of Line. 2. Expression Oriented Language. A low-level language for strings. Versions: EOL-1, EOL-2, EOL-3. ["EOL - A Symbol Manipulation Language", L. Lukaszewicz, Computer J 10(1):53 (May 1967)].
- epl — 1. Early PL/I. 2. Experimental Programming Language. 3. Eden Programming Language. 4. Equational Programming Language 5. Ethernet Private Line
- eql — An equational language. Bharat Jayaraman <[email protected]>. "EqL: The Language and its Implementation", B. Jayaraman et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-15(6):771-780 (June 1989).
- esl — Expert Systems Ltd.
- etl — (database) The processes of Extracting, Transforming (or Transporting), and Loading data from source systems into a data warehouse.
- fbl — fly-by-light
- fel — Function Equation Language. Programs are sets of definitions. Sequences are lists stored in consecutive memory. "FEL Programmer's Guide", R. M. Keller, AMPS TR 7, U Utah, March 1982.
- fgl — 1. Flow Graph Lisp. A distributed dataflow language for AMPS (Applicative Multi-Processing System). "A Loosely-Coupled Applicative Multi-Processing System", R. Keller et al, NCC, AFIPS June 1979, pp.613- 622. 2. Function Graph Language. Related to FEL.
- fil — fils.
- fld — field
- fli — Flash Lights Impressively.
- flo — a female given name, form of Florence.
- flq — Front de Libération du Québec: a Quebec separatist organization using terrorist tactics, esp in the 1960s and 1970s
- flt — flight
- flu — influenza.
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
- fml — Alternative case form of FML (fuck my life).
- fql — (language) A functional database language.
- frl — Frame Representation Language. MIT.
- fsl — Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing.
- ful — Fulani.
- g/l — grams per liter
- gal — a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
- gbl — gamma butyrolactone: a dangerous chemical which may illegally be contained in some dietary supplements and which the body converts to GHB
- gcl — General Control Language. A portable job control language.
- gel — Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- gil — a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gla — Greater London Assembly, established in 2000
- glb — greatest lower bound
- glc — Greater London Council, abolished 1986
- gld — guilder
- gls — Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.
- glu — (language) A practical coarse grain implementation of the Lucid dataflow language for networks.
- gol — General Operating Language. Subsystem of DOCUS. [Sammet 1969, p.678].
- gpl — 1. General Purpose Language. 2. ["A Sample Management Application Program in a Graphical Data-driven Programming language", A.L. Davis et al, Digest of Papers, Compcon Spring 81, Feb 1981, pp. 162-167]. 3. Genken Programming Language. 4. General Public License.