Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
- n. computing A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Computers) A declarative higher-level programming language in which instructions are written not as explicit procedural data-manipulation commands, but as logical statements. The language has built-in resolution procedures for logical inference.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing
Etymologies
- From Old French, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Some AI languages such as prolog are designed for just such a purpose.”
“In other words, the kind of prolog no one actually reads.”
“First: users are allowed to specify a "prolog" file.”
“A somewhat unnecessary prolog and epilog has now been tacked on, but not tackily, smoothly enough that it didn't ruin the story.”
“My original plan with the rewrite was to convert the first chapter into what could be considered a prolog and then backtrack chronologically to detail the events leading up to that moment.”
“I imagine Jeanne best in the prolog to Starseed-bowing to the universe, then waving.”
“It is briefly discussed in an article here, but the link to the paper with the prolog source code is broken, so we provide it here.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child:
“If the past is prolog the reader devices will fail long before the method of storage. 8 track, Beta anyone?”
“Evanghelia după Ioan ne atrage atenţia asupra acestui fapt de două ori aici în prolog.”
“XML error message: Content is not allowed in prolog.”
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Programming Languages
The last time someone tried this theme, it was a closed list with only two words; time to make amends. Scripting languages, etc. are also fair game...
c, c++, java, pascal, delphi, python, perl, lisp, algol, cobol, ada, apl and 121 more...
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-logue, -log
denoting a discourse or compilation
monologue, dialogue, catalog, blog, analog, monolog, dialog, homolog, backlog, prolog, epilog
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