English

Proper noun

Prolog

1. (computing) A programming language developed in the 1970s for artificial intelligence and logic programming.
   • 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §7.1

     Prolog has been used for many purposes, but its inventor, Alain Colmerauer, was interested in computational linguistics, and this remains a classic application for the language. Moreover, Prolog offers a number of tools which make life easier for computational linguists, and we are now going to start learning about one of the most useful of these: definite clause grammars, or DCGs as they are usually called.

English

Alternative forms

• prologue (outside the US)

Noun

prolog ‎(plural prologs)

1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
2. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

Antonyms

• (speech or section): epilog

Translations

References

• prolog in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Czech

Noun

prolog m

1. prologue

Polish

Noun

prolog m inan

1. prologue

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒloɡ/
• Hyphenation: pro‧log

Noun

pròlog m ‎(Cyrillic spelling про̀лог)

1. prologue

Declension