pascal

5 ENTRIES FOUND:

pas·cal

noun \pas-ˈkal, päs-ˈkäl\

Definition of PASCAL

1
: a unit of pressure in the meter-kilogram-second system equivalent to one newton per square meter
2
capitalized P or all capitalized : a structured computer programming language developed from Algol and designed to process both numerical and textual data

Origin of PASCAL

Blaise Pascal
First Known Use: 1956

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