Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolog

/pɹoʊlˈɑɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: pro-log
IPA: /pɹoʊlˈɑɡ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A programming language developed in the 1970s for artificial intelligence and logic programming.

noun

Uncommon spelling of prologue.

American usage

verb

Uncommon spelling of prologue.

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From French Prolog, abbreviation of Programmation en Logique.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Prolog

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

prologs (plural) prologs (present, singular) prologing (participle, present) prologed (participle, past) prologed (past)

Synonyms

logic programing logic programming

Rhymes With

fog frog og prague hog bog jog hogg smog clog slog rog

Questions

How do you pronounce prolog?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹoʊlˈɑɡ/.
What does prolog mean?: A programming language developed in the 1970s for artificial intelligence and logic programming.
Where does prolog come from?: It is traced to French.

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