PASCAL


Meaning of PASCAL in English

[ 'pask(ə)l ]

■ noun

1》 (abbrev.: Pa ) the SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton per square metre.

2》 ( Pascal ) a high-level structured computer programming language.

Origin

1950s: named after the 17th-cent. French scientist Blaise Pascal .

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