Sisal

имя существительное 1) [ботаника] мексиканская агава 2) [текстильное дело]; то же, что и sisal hemp - сизаль (обработанные волокна агав)

Большой англо-русский словарь

Sisal

сизаль (лубяное волокно)

Англо-русский политехнический словарь

Sisal

noun Etymology: Sisal, port in Yucatán, Mexico 1. a. a strong durable white fiber used especially for hard fiber cordage and twine — called also sisal hemp b. a widely cultivated Mexican agave (Agave sisalana) whose leaves yield sisal 2. any of several fibers similar to true sisal

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Sisal

(Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language) A general-purpose single assignment functional programming language with strict semantics, automatic parallelisation and efficient arrays. Outputs a dataflow graph in IF1 (Intermediary Form 1). Derived from VAL, adds recursion and finite streams. Pascal-like syntax. Designed to be a common high-level language for numerical programs on a variety of multiprocessors. Implementations exist for Cray X-MP, Cray Y-MP, Cray-2, Sequent, Encore Alliant, dataflow architectures, transputers and systolic arrays. Defined in 1983 by James McGraw et al, Manchester University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Colorado State University and DEC. Revised in 1985. First compiled implementation in 1986. Performance superior to C and competitive with Fortran, combined with efficient and automatic parallelisation. Not to be confused with SASL.

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