<s>
ALCOR	B-Language
(	O
ALGOL	B-Language
Converter	I-Language
,	O
acronym	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
computer	O
language	O
definition	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
ALCOR	B-Language
Group	I-Language
,	O
a	O
consortium	O
of	O
universities	O
,	O
research	O
institutions	O
and	O
manufacturers	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1959	O
and	O
which	O
had	O
60	O
members	O
in	O
1966	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
had	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
a	O
common	O
compiler	B-Language
specification	O
for	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
ALGOL	B-Language
60	I-Language
after	O
the	O
ALGOL	B-Language
meeting	O
in	O
Copenhagen	O
in	O
1958	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
programming	O
application	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
Algol	B-Language
is	O
also	O
an	O
astronomical	O
reference	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
star	O
Algol	B-Language
,	O
so	O
too	O
,	O
Alcor	B-Language
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
star	O
Alcor	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Europe	O
,	O
a	O
high	O
level	O
machine	O
architecture	O
for	O
ALGOL	B-Language
60	I-Language
was	O
devised	O
which	O
was	O
emulated	O
on	O
various	O
real	O
computers	O
,	O
among	O
them	O
the	O
Siemens	O
2002	O
and	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
7090	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
ALGOL	B-Language
manual	O
was	O
published	O
which	O
provided	O
a	O
detailed	O
introduction	O
of	O
all	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
with	O
many	O
program	O
snippets	O
,	O
and	O
four	O
appendixes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
"	O
standard	O
"	O
character	O
set	O
for	O
representing	O
ALGOL	B-Language
60	I-Language
code	O
on	O
paper	O
and	O
paper	O
tape	O
.	O
</s>
