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NATURALA fourth-generation language from Software AG, Reston, VA, that runs on a variety of computers from micro to mainframe. natural 1. Music a. not sharp or flat b. denoting a note that is neither sharp nor flat c. (of a key or scale) containing no sharps or flats 2. Music of or relating to a trumpet, horn, etc., without valves or keys, on which only notes of the harmonic series of the keynote can be obtained 3. Cards a. (of a card) not a joker or wild card b. (of a canasta or sequence) containing no wild cards c. (of a bid in bridge) describing genuine values; not conventional 4. based on the principles and findings of human reason and what is to be learned of God from nature rather than on revelation 5. Music a. an accidental cancelling a previous sharp or flat. b. a note affected by this accidental 6. Pontoon the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards
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| In their analysis of four current Software AG customers using the company's Adabas transactional database management system and its Natural programming language for most or all of their critical applications, Forrester determined that legacy modernization would produce a five-year return-on-investment of 331% on a risk-adjusted basis, or $5,451,819 at net present value, with payback achieved in less than four months. Because the original OASIS application was written in the NATURAL programming language and distributed over a Wide-Area Network, students could only access this system from dedicated workstations located in computer labs across campus. |
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