EPSILON
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A macro language with high level features including strings and lists, developed by A.P. Ershov at Novosibirsk in 1967. EPSILON was used to implement ALGOL 68 on the M-220.
["Application of the Machine-Oriented Language Epsilon to Software Development", I.V. Pottosin et al, in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974, pp. 417-434]. [Jargon File]Last updated: 1995-05-10
epsilon
1. The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (From the Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos) A very small, insignificant, or negligible quantity of something.
The use of epsilon is from the epsilon-delta method of proof in differential calculus.Last updated: 2001-07-06
Nearby terms:
EPROM OTP ♦ EPROS ♦ EPS ♦ EPSILON ♦ epsilon ♦ epsilon squared ♦ EPSIMONE
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