Definitions

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  • proper noun computing An early programming language using mathematically derived symbols for many of its operations.
  • initialism Initialism of Acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Etymologies

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From the book A Programming Language

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  • APL is short for Advanced Product Line, which was the code name (however lame) that Sun and Fujitsu chose when Sun ditched its UltraSparc-V millennium chips in June 2004 and tapped Fujitsu to be its processor and systems supplier for midrange and high-end SMP boxes.

    Channel Register 2010

  • Code written in APL or Perl tends to be compact, but it is also generally undecipherable.

    Wolfram Blog : Always the Right Time for Mathematica… 2007

  • I called APL and spoke to another customer service rep. who agreed to cancel the membership and refund a month of fees.

    unknown title 2009

  • I called APL and spoke to another customer service rep. who agreed to cancel the membership and refund a month of fees.

    unknown title 2009

  • Anyone who would like to help feral cats in their neighborhood and stop them from breeding is asked to call the APL for guidance.

    Boy Scouts build homes for feral cats 2008

  • I could get #33 on a bumper sticker, but it would have to be in APL.

    Think Progress » A fourth general calls for Rumsfeld’s resignation. 2006

  • APL, which is a subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. of Singapore, last year swung five to 10 of its 120 ships world-wide away from U.S. ports, Mr. Sappio said.

    Container Shortage Frustrates U.S. Exporters 2008

  • The APL is a six-team Twenty20 tournament that is to be held in October on a converted baseball field in Staten Island, New York City.

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2009

  • "The previous flybys by MESSENGER and Mariner 10 provided data only about Mercury's eastern hemisphere," explains Brian Anderson of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, known as APL, in Laurel, Md.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2008

  • "The previous flybys by MESSENGER and Mariner 10 provided data only about Mercury's eastern hemisphere," explains Brian Anderson of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, known as APL, in Laurel, Md.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2008

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