English noun: Algol | |||
1. | Algol (object) the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary | ||
Instance hypernym | binary, binary star, double star | ||
Member meronym | Perseus | ||
2. | ALGOL (communication) (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms | ||
Broader (hypernym) | algebraic language | ||