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BABEL
1. A subset of ALGOL 60, with many ALGOL W extensions.
["BABEL, A New Programming Language", R.S. Scowen, Natl Phys
Lab UK, Report CCU7, 1969].
2. Mentioned in The Psychology of Computer Programming,
G.M. Weinberg, Van Nostrand 1971, p.241.
3. A language based on higher-order functions and
first-order logic.
["Graph-Based Implementation of a Functional Logic Language",
H. Kuchen et al, Proc ESOP 90, LNCS 432, Springer 1990,
pp.271-290].
["Logic Programming with Functions and Predicates: The
Language BABEL", Moreno-Navarro et al, J Logic Prog 12(3) (Feb
1992)].
(1994-11-28)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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Babel \Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[=a]bel, the name of the capital of
Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of
"confusion."]
1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the
confusion of languages took place.
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Therefore is the name of it called Babel. --Gen. xi.
9.
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2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused
mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
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That babel of strange heathen languages. --Hammond.
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The grinding babel of the street. --R. L.
Stevenson.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "Babel":
Aesopian language, Greek, argot, babble, bedlam, cacophony, cant,
cipher, clamor, clash, code, confusion of tongues, cryptogram,
double Dutch, garble, gibberish, gift of tongues, glossolalia,
gobbledygook, harshness, hell, jangle, jar, jargon, jumble,
mere noise, noise, pandemonium, racket, scramble, secret language,
slang, static
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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babel noun
1: a confusion of voices and other sounds
2: (Genesis
11: 1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants
(probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to
heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so
they could no longer understand one another [syn: Tower
of Babel]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Babel \Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[=a]bel, the name of the capital of
Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of
``confusion'']
1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the
confusion of languages took place.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel. --Gen. xi.
9.
2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused
mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
That babel of strange heathen languages. --Hammond.
The grinding babel of the street. --R. L.
Stevenson.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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