Lua

//ˈluːə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of launch under attack. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of last universal ancestor. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.

Synonyms

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cenancestorcenancestorlast universal common ancestorlucaluca

Example

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"Interpreted languages such as Ruby or Lua are not compiled and so they need some kind of execution engine."

Etymology

From Portuguese lua (“moon”).

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dynamic typingprogramming language

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