ALL meanings of prolog
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P p - noun Technical meaning of prolog (programming) Programming in Logic or (French) Programmation en Logique. The first of the huge family of logic programming languages. Prolog was invented by Alain Colmerauer and Phillipe Roussel at the University of Aix-Marseille in 1971. It was first implemented 1972 in ALGOL-W. It was designed originally for natural-language processing but has become one of the most widely used languages for artificial intelligence. It is based on LUSH (or SLD) resolution theorem proving and unification. The first versions had no user-defined functions and no control structure other than the built-in depth-first search with backtracking. Early collaboration between Marseille and Robert Kowalski at University of Edinburgh continued until about 1975. Early implementations included C-Prolog, ESLPDPRO, Frolic, LM-Prolog, Open Prolog, SB-Prolog, UPMAIL Tricia Prolog. In 1998, the most common Prologs in use are Quintus Prolog, SICSTUS Prolog, LPA Prolog, SWI Prolog, AMZI Prolog, SNI Prolog. See also negation by failure, Kamin's interpreters, Paradigms of AI Programming, Aditi. A Prolog interpreter in Scheme. ftp://cpsc.ucalgary.ca/pub/prolog1.1. 1
- noun prolog a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel. 1
- noun prolog an introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of a play. 1
- noun prolog the actor or actress who delivers this. 1
- noun prolog an introductory scene, preceding the first act of a play, opera, etc. 1
- noun prolog any introductory proceeding, event, etc.: Appetizing delicacies were the prologue to a long dinner. 1
- verb with object prolog to introduce with or as if with a prologue. 1
- noun prolog a computer programming language based on mathematical logic 0