Alloy

al·loy   (āl'oi', ə-loi')    n.   A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper. A mixture; an amalgam: "Television news has . . . always been an alloy of journalism and show business" (Bill Moyers). The relative degree of mixture with a base metal; fineness. Something added that lowers value or purity. tr.v.   (ə-loi', āl'oi') al·loyed, al·loy·ing, al·loys To combine (metals) to form an alloy. To combine; mix: idealism that was alloyed with political skill. To debase by the addition of an inferior element. [Alteration (influenced by French aloi) of obsolete allay, from Middle English alay, from Old North French allai, from allayer, to alloy, from Latin alligāre, to bind : ad-, ad- + ligāre, to bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]

alloy [(al-oy, uh-loy)]

A material made of two or more metals, or of a metal and another material. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc; steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Alloys often have unexpected characteristics. In the examples given above, brass is stronger than either copper or zinc, and steel is stronger than either iron or carbon.

alloy 

Main Entry: al·loy
Pronunciation: 'al-"oi, &-'loi
Function: noun
1 : the degree of mixture with base metals
2 : asubstance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal intimately united usually by being fused together and dissolving in each other when molten; also : the state ofunion of the components —al·loy /&-'loi, 'al-"oi/ transitive verb

alloy al·loy (āl'oi', ə-loi')
n.
A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other.

ALLOY language
A language by Thanasis Mitsolides which combines functional programming, object-oriented programming and logic programming ideas, and is suitable for massively parallel systems.
Evaluating modes support serial or parallel execution, eager evaluation or lazy evaluation, nondeterminism or multiple solutions etc. ALLOY is simple as it only requires 29 primitives in all (half of which are for object oriented programming support).
It runs on SPARC.
(ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/local/alloy/).
["The Design and Implementation of ALLOY, a Parallel Higher Level Programming Language", Thanasis Mitsolides , PhD Thesis NYU 1990].
(1991-06-11)