Definition of Prolog

1. Noun. A computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing.


Definition of Prolog

1. n. & v. Prologue.

Definition of Prolog

1. Proper noun. (computing) A programming language developed in the 1970s for artificial intelligence and logic programming. ¹

2. Noun. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prolog

1. to prologue [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: prologue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolog

Prods
Prof.
Progne
Progne subis
Programmes
Programms
Progressive
Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Party
Progressives
Prohibition
Prohibition Party
Prokhorov
Prokofiev
Prolog (current term)
Promethean
Prometheans
Prometheus
Prometheus-type
Promised Land
Promzilla
Promzillas
Property P
Prophet
Prophets
Prosauropoda
Prosecco
Proseccos
Proserpina

Literary usage of Prolog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"Chapter 9 Partial Evaluation for Prolog Torben Mogensen Prolog was developed as an implementation of a formal logical system (first-order Horn clauses) on a ..."

2. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists: Repertory and Synthesis by David Klein (1910)
"H. The Prolog. It was customary to give the contents of the play in the prolog. That some dramatists early became conscious of the uselessness and formality ..."

3. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists: Repertory and Synthesis by David Klein (1910)
"I. Prolog, Epilog, Etc. Shakspere seldom indulged in prologs or ... In Othello he speaks of "an index and obscure prolog," and ..."

4. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"... logic, and programming technique of an agricultural simulation model in Logic Programming (Prolog) with object-oriented data structures. ..."

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