Pronunciation: (al'gol, -gôl), [key]
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star. Also called Demon Star.
Pronunciation: (al'gol, -gôl), [key] Computers.
a computer language in which information is expressed in algebraic notation and according to the rules of Boolean algebra.
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