Algol¹[ˈalgɒl](Astronomy)a variable star in the constellation Perseus, regarded as the prototype of eclipsing binary stars
(天文)大陵五

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语源
from Arabic al̦gūl 'the ghoul'
Algol²[ˈalgɒl]noun
[mass noun]one of the early, high-level computer programming language which was devised to carry out scientific calculations
ALGOL 语言，算法语言

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语源
1950s: from algo(rithmic) + the initial letter of language