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3-letter words that end in l

  • nvl — (database)   A function in Oracle SQL called like NVL(X, Y) that returns X unless it is null, in which case it returns Y. This function is useful for supplying a default value where an expression might be null.
  • obl — oblique
  • ocl — (language)   1. Operator Control Language. 2. Object Constraint Language.
  • oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
  • owl — any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
  • p3l — (Superscript 3). A language with explicit parallelism including constructs for farms and geometric parallelism. P3L currently uses C++ as a host language.
  • pal — a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def 2).
  • pcl — 1. Printer Control Language. A Document description language used by Hewlett-Packard Laserjet printers, a superset of HP-GL/2. 2. Portable CommonLoops. 3. Peripheral Conversion Language. A Honeywell command language for file transfer between I/O devices on the CP-V and CP-6 operating systems. 4. ["PCL - A Process Oriented Job Control Language", V. Lesser et al, Proc 1st Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1979, pp.315-329].
  • pdl — 1. Page Description Language. 2. Program Design Language. 3. Push Down List. 4. Dave Lebling, one of the co-authors of Zork. His network address on the ITS machines was at one time <[email protected]>. 5. Propositional Dynamic Logic.
  • pel — a pixel
  • pfl — 1.   (language)   A concurrent extension of ML by Holmstrom and Matthews, using CCS. 2.   (language, database)   Persistent Functional Language.
  • pil — Procedure Implementation Language. A subsystem of DOCUS.
  • pml — Parallel ML.
  • pol — a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
  • ppl — Polymorphic Programming Language. An interactive, extensible language, based on APL, from Harvard University.
  • prl — Proof Refinement Logic. Versions: micro-PRL, lambda-PRL, nu-PRL.
  • psl — (language)   1. Portable Standard Lisp. 2. Problem Statement Language.
  • pul — a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
  • ral — 1. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). 2. An expert system.
  • rcl — Reduced Control Language. A simplified job control language for OS360, translated to IBM JCL. "Reduced Control Language for Non- Professional Users", K. Appel in Command Languages, C. Unger ed, N-H 1973.
  • rdl — Requirements and Development Language.
  • rll — 1.   (language)   Representation Language Language. 2.   (storage)   Run Length Limited.
  • rpl — Reverse Polish LISP. Language used by HP-28 and HP-48 calculators.
  • rrl — Remote Reference Layer
  • rsl — RAISE Specification Language
  • rtl — 1.   (hardware)   Resistor-Transistor Logic. 2.   (language)   Register Transfer Language.
  • s/l — Squadron Leader
  • sal — a male given name, form of Salvatore.
  • scl — (language)   1. System Control Language. 2. Symbolic Communication Language. Designed primarily for the manipulation of symbolic formulas. Featured pattern matching (which was partly the inspiration for SNOBOL), string operations in buffers, and automatic storage management. "A Language for Symbolic Communication", C.Y. Lee et al, Tech Mem 62-3344-4, Bell Labs, Sept 1962.
  • sdl — Specification and Design Language. Defined by the ITU-T (recommendation Z100) to provide a tool for unambiguous specification and description of the behaviour of telecommunications systems. The area of application also includes process control and real-time applications. SDL provides a Graphic Representation (SDL/GR) and a textual Phrase Representation (SDL/PR), which are equivalent representations of the same semantics. A system is specified as a set of interconnected abstract machines which are extensions of the Finite State Machine (FSM). 1. System Software Development Language. System software for the B1700. "System Software Development Language Reference Manual", 1081346, Burroughs Corp (Dec 1974). 2. Specification and Description Language. ITU-T. Specification language with both graphical and character-based syntaxes for defining interacting extended finite state machines. Used to specify discrete interactive systems such as industrial process control, traffic control, and telecommunication systems. Proc Plenary Assembly, Melbourne 14-1988-11-25, Fasc X.1, CCITT. "Telecommunications Systems Engineering Using SDL", R. Saracco et al, N-H 1989. Available from Verilog, MD. (See XDL). 3. Shared Dataspace Language. "A Shared Dataspace Language Supporting Large-Scale Concurrency", G. Roman et al, Proc 8th Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1988, pp.265-272. 4. Structure Definition Language. Used internally by DEC to define and generate the symbols used for VAX/VMS internal data structures in various languages. 5. System Description Language. language used by the Eiffel/S implementation of Eiffel to assemble clusters into a system. (see Lace).
  • sel — 1. Self-Extensible Language. 2. Subset-Equational Language.
  • sfl — System Function Language. Assembly language for the ICL2900. "SFL Language Definition Manual", TR 6413, Intl Computers Ltd.
  • sil — 1. "SIL - A Simulation Language", N. Houbak, LNCS 426, Springer 1990. 2. SNOBOL Implementation Language. Intermediate language forming a virtual machine for the implementation of portable interpreters. Version 3.11. ftp://cs.arizona.edu/snobol4/. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • sml — 1. Standard ML. 2. Small Machine Language. Barnes, ICI 1969. Real-time language, an ALGOL variant, and the predecessor of RTL. "SML User's Guide", J.G.P. Barnes, ICI, TR JGPB/69/35 (1969).
  • sol — an ancient Roman god personifying the sun.
  • spl — 1. Synchronous Programming Language. A DSP language. "Introduction to the SPL Compiler", Computalker Consultants, 1986. 2. Space Programming Language. Realtime language used by the US Air Force for aerospace software. Aka SPL/J6. Similar to JOVIAL. "Space Programming Language Development", SAMSO TP 70-325, System Development Corp (Sep 1970). (See CLASP). 3. System Programming Language. HP, 1977. An ALGOL-like language for the HP3000 computer allowing inline assembly code. MPE, the OS for the HP3000 was written in SPL. Pub.No.30000-90024, HP. See also SPLash!. 4. Systems Programming Language. PRIME Computer, 80's. A variant of PL/I used on PRIME computers. PL/I subset G, less I/O plus a few extensions. SPL User's Reference Guide, Prime. (See PL/P.) 5. Systems Programming Language. A PL/I subset/extension for the P1000. D.B. Wortman, U Toronto. Philips Data Sys, Netherlands, 1971. Symbolic constants, pointer arithmetic, inline assembly code. Used to implement compilers, operating systems, and database. 6. Student Programming Language. A translator-interpreter for a dialect of PL/I. 7. Set Priority Level
  • sql — (language, database, standard)   /S Q L/ An industry-standard language for creating, updating and, querying relational database management systems. SQL was developed by IBM in the 1970s for use in System R. It is the de facto standard as well as being an ISO and ANSI standard. It is often embedded in general purpose programming languages. The first SQL standard, in 1986, provided basic language constructs for defining and manipulating tables of data; a revision in 1989 added language extensions for referential integrity and generalised integrity constraints. Another revision in 1992 provided facilities for schema manipulation and data administration, as well as substantial enhancements for data definition and data manipulation. Development is currently underway to enhance SQL into a computationally complete language for the definition and management of persistent, complex objects. This includes: generalisation and specialisation hierarchies, multiple inheritance, user defined data types, triggers and assertions, support for knowledge based systems, recursive query expressions, and additional data administration tools. It also includes the specification of abstract data types (ADTs), object identifiers, methods, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and all of the other facilities normally associated with object data management. The emerging SQL3 standard is expected to be complete in 1998. According to Allen G. Taylor, SQL does not stand for "Structured Query Language". That, like "SEQUEL" (and its pronunciation /see'kw*l/), was just another unofficial name for a precursor of SQL. However, the IBM SQL Reference manual for DB2 and Craig Mullins's "DB2 Developer's Guide" say SQL does stand for "Structured Query Language".
  • srl — 1. Bharat Jayaraman. 2. Schema Representation language. 3. Structured Robot Language. C. Blume & W. Jacob, U Karlsruhe.
  • ssl — 1.   (language)   Synthesizer Specification Language. 2.   (language)   Syntax/Semantic Language (S/SL). 3.   (networking, web)   Secure Sockets Layer.
  • swl — Software Writer's Language
  • syl — syllable
  • tal — Transaction Application Language
  • tbl — 1. A language by M.E. Lesk for formatting tables, implemented as a preprocessor to nroff. 2. Table Building Language. A simple language by Robert Freiburghouse of MIT which combines user-defined actions into an abstract machine. It can be used to build table-driven predictive parsers and code generators in the MULTICS Fortran compiler and several PL/I compilers, including VAX-11 PL/I.
  • tcl — Tool Command Language
  • tel — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • til — the sesame plant.
  • tml — a colorless liquid, (CH 3) 4 Pb, insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and benzene, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • tpl — 1. Table Producing Language. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics Table Producing Language (TPL)", R.C. Mendelssohn, Proc ACM Annual Conf (1974). 2. Fleming Nielson. A concurrent functional language. 3. Terminal Programming Language. Texas Inst, late 70's. Used on the TI-990/1 Small Business Computer and the TI-771 Intelligent Terminal.
  • ttl — 1. transistor-transistor logic. 2. Time to Live.
  • txl — Tree Transformation Language
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