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| emerald [n] | | | | | 1) | a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone |
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| transparent_gem beryl | | | | | 2) | a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem |
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| gem | | | | | 3) | the green color of an emerald |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)
An object-oriented distributed programming language and environment developed at the University of Washington in the early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to EPL. It is strongly typed and uses signatures and prototypes rather than inheritance.
["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].
(1994-11-09)
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