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APL

American

Computers.

an interactive programming language having concise notations for operations on entire arrays of numbers and characters.

Etymology

Origin of APL

1965–70; A P(rogramming) L(anguage)

Example Sentences

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He trained under some of the world’s most influential chefs, including Daniel Boulud and Guy Savoy, before launching his own restaurant, the since-shuttered but acclaimed Hollywood steakhouse APL.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Featured in APL Quantum, the results are significant: the new system can collect up to 80% of the emitted photons at room temperature.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

Oceangate stopped working with APL and decided to bring the design and construction of Titan in-house.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

The next possibility might be Interstellar Probe, a proposal from APL to send a spacecraft to interstellar space.

From Scientific American • Oct. 3, 2023

Once common among APL programmers; may now be obsolete.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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