Word formed from the intial letters and/or sylables of other words,intend as a prononceable abbrevation-for example RAM(random access memmory) and FORTAN(formal translation).In contrast,the intial letters making up an abbrevation are each pronouncedseperately -for example,ALU(arithmetic locog unit)
Algol:(acronym for algorthemetic language) early high-level programming language,devoloped in the 1950 and 1960s for scientific applications .A general -purpose language Algol is best suited to mathemetical work and has an algebraic style .Althouhg no longer in common use,it has greatly influenced more recent language such as ADA and PASCAL
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