Ial

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  1. 1
    Initialism of International Auxiliary Language. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of International Algebraic Language, later named ALGOL. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete

    "Between 1958 and 1960, a collaboration was initiated between the Association for Computing Machinery and the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik for the definition of a universal algorithmic language, first denoted IAL, later ALGOL58, and finally ALGOL60."

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-yalgol

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"Between 1958 and 1960, a collaboration was initiated between the Association for Computing Machinery and the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik for the definition of a universal algorithmic language, first denoted IAL, later ALGOL58, and finally ALGOL60."

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