[bey-buh
l, bab-uhl] 
| 1. | an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9. |
| 2. | (usually lowercase) a confused mixture of sounds or voices. |
| 3. | (usually lowercase) a scene of noise and confusion. |
[bey-bel-ik, ba-] , adjective [bab-uhl; Russ. bah-byil] | I⋅saak Em⋅ma⋅nu⋅i⋅lo⋅vich [ahy-zuhk; Russ. ee-sahk yi-muh-noo-yee-luh-vyich] , 1894–1941, Russian author. |
| ba·bel also Ba·bel (bāb'əl, bā'bəl) n.
[After Babel.] |
| Ba·bel (bā'bəl, bāb'əl) In the Bible, a city (now thought to be Babylon) in Shinar where God confounded a presumptuous attempt to build a tower into heaven by confusing the language of its builders into many mutually incomprehensible languages. |
BABEL
1. A subset of ALGOL 60, with many ALGOL W extensions.
["BABEL, A New Programming Language", R.S. Scowen, Natl Phys Lab UK, Report CCU7, 1969].
2. Mentioned in The Psychology of Computer Programming, G.M. Weinberg, Van Nostrand 1971, p.241.
3. A language based on higher-order functions and first-order logic.
["Graph-Based Implementation of a Functional Logic Language", H. Kuchen et al, Proc ESOP 90, LNCS 432, Springer 1990, pp.271-290].
["Logic Programming with Functions and Predicates: The Language BABEL", Moreno-Navarro et al, J Logic Prog 12(3) (Feb 1992)].
(1994-11-28)
