I beam

Noun

Meaning

girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I'

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I-beam

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The obvious convenience of functions of this kind, which appeared to be part of the language, led to the introduction of the monadic I-beam function for direct use by anyone. Source: Internet

The I-beam functions were first introduced by the system programmers to allow them to execute System/360 instructions from within APL programs, and thus use APL as a direct aid in their programming activity. Source: Internet

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