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ep⋅i⋅logue

  [ep-uh-lawg, -log]
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–noun
1. a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.
2. a speech, usually in verse, delivered by one of the actors after the conclusion of a play.
3. the person speaking this.
Also, ep⋅i⋅log.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME epiloge < L epilogus < Gk epílogos peroration of a speech, equiv. to epi- epi- + lógos word
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ep·i·logue also ep·i·log   (ěp'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  

    1. A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.

    2. The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.

  2. A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters. Also called afterword.


[Middle English epiloge, from Old French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, conclusion of a speech : epi-, epi- + logos, word, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

epilogue 
1564, from M.Fr. epilogue, from L. epilogus, from Gk. epilogos "conclusion of a speech," from epi- "upon, in addition" + logos "a speaking." Earliest Eng. sense was theatrical.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

EPILOG
1. Extended Programming In LOGic. PROLOG with several AND's having different time constraints.
["Epilog: A Language for Extended Programming in Logic", A. Porto in Implementations of Prolog, J.A. Campbell ed, Ellis Horwood 1984].
2. A data-driven PROLOG, with both AND parallelism and OR parallelism. ["EPILOG = PROLOG + Data Flow", M.J. Wise, SIGPLAN Noices 17:80-86 (1982)].

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