Source : WordNet®

ml
     n : a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
         [syn: {milliliter}, {millilitre}, {mil}, {cubic
         centimeter}, {cubic centimetre}, {cc}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ML
     
        1.  Manipulator Language.  IBM language for handling
        robots.
     
        2.  Meta Language.  R. Milner  et al,
        1973.  A {strict} {higher-order} {functional language}.  It
        was the first language to include {polymorphic} typing which
        was statically-checked.  It also had {garbage collection} and
        a formal {semantics}.
     
        It began as the {metalanguage} for the Edinburgh {LCF} proof
        assistant.  (LCF="Logic for Computable Functions") People soon
        noticed that ML could be a useful general programming language
        and stand-alone versions were implemented.  {Standard ML}
        (SML) is a descendant of these (and related languages such as
        {Hope}).  The "metalanguage" aspect has long since disappeared
        from the language itself (although there are some systems that
        still use it that way).  The historical name is now so
        inappropriate that asking what ML stands for is like asking
        what {C} or {Unix} stands for.  It doesn't stand for anything;
        it just is.
     
        LCF ML was implemented in {Stanford LISP}.  Cardelli (1981)
        implemented ML in {Pascal} using the {Functional Abstract
        Machine} (FAM).  It has been significantly redesigned to
        produce {Standard ML} and {Lazy ML}.
     
        ["A Metalanguage for Interactive Proof in LCF", M.J.C. Gordon
        et al, 5th POPL, ACM 1978].

ml
     
         The {country code} for Mali.
     
        (1999-01-27)