algol

Noun
  1. The second brightest star in Perseus;
    The first known eclipsing binary (synset 109215444)
    is an instance of: binary, binary star, double star - a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
    belongs to: perseus - a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way
  2. (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language);
    A programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms (synset 106914540)
    is a type of: algebraic language - an algorithmic language having statements that resemble algebraic expressions

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