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UFO

[yoo-ef-oh or, sometimes, yoo-foh]
–noun, plural UFO's, UFOs.
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, esp. one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
Compare flying saucer.


Origin:
1950–55; u(nidentified) f(lying) o(bject)
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UFO   (yōō'ěf-ō')   
n.   pl. UFOs or UFO's
An unidentified flying object.
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Computing Dictionary

UFO language
(United Functions and Objects) A hybrid functional and object-oriented language designed by John Seargant at Manchester University for general-purpose parallel computation.
To a first approximation, UFO is a strict, higher-order functional language with an object-oriented type system, and strong support for numeric computation in the form of SISAL-style arrays and loops. Parallelism is implicit, and applies at various different levels of granularity, thereby facilitating implementations on a wide range of parallel architectures.
It is planned to run it on a 64 processor KSR machine.
(1996-08-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
UFO
unidentified flying object
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