PlankalkÃ¼l (Plan Calculus) Konrad Zuse begins work on PlankalkÃ¼l (Plan Calculus), the first algorithmic programming language, with the goal of creating the theoretical preconditions for the solution of general problems. Seven years earlier, Zuse had developed and built the worldÂ´s first binary digital computer, the Z1.
Long period synonyms. Top synonym for long period (other word for long period) is eon.
GCIDE(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Period(n.) (Sports) One of the specified time intervals into which a game is divided; as, there are three periods in a hockey game. Period(n.) (Education) One of the specified time intervals into which the academic day is divided; as, my calculus class is in the first period.