APL
See also: apl
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
APL (uncountable)
- Initialism of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 407:
- The disease that stood at the pivotal crossroads of oncology was yet another rare variant of leukemia called acute promyelocytic leukemia—APL.
See alsoEdit
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2Edit
Computer language: from the book A Programming Language.
Proper nounEdit
APL
- (astronomy, NASA, physics) Abbreviation of Applied Physics Laboratory (a Johns Hopkins University laboratory)
- (physics, US) Abbreviation of Applied Physics Laboratory (at the University of Washington)
- (computer languages) An early programming language using mathematically derived symbols for many of its operations.
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- APL (programming language) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
APL (plural APLs)
- (Scouting) Initialism of assistant patrol leader.