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A	O
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Programming	O
Language	O
(	O
AHPL	B-Language
)	O
is	O
software	O
developed	O
at	O
University	O
of	O
Arizona	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
teaching	O
computer	B-General_Concept
organization	I-General_Concept
.	O
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<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
notations	O
for	O
representation	O
of	O
computer	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
for	O
academics	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
later	O
started	O
to	O
be	O
considered	O
as	O
a	O
Hardware	B-Architecture
Description	O
Language	O
on	O
development	O
of	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
simulator	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
language	O
describes	O
a	O
hardware	B-Architecture
functionality	O
as	O
flow	O
of	O
data	O
between	O
the	O
ports	B-Protocol
or	O
sub-modules	O
.	O
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