Associations to the word «Algol»

Wiktionary

ALGOL, proper noun. (star) An eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Perseus; Beta (β) Persei. It represents the eye of Medusa, whose head is being held by Perseus.
ALGOL, proper noun. (computing) A high-level programming language mostly used for solving mathematical and scientific problems.

Dictionary definition

ALGOL, noun. The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary.
ALGOL, noun. (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne