Word: prolog
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parallel, clearing the way for dramatic breakthroughs in speed and power. More important, these computers will use their new potency not only to process mathematical data, like most computers today, but also to perform human-like reasoning: finding patterns, making assumptions, drawing inferences, reaching conclusions. Using a language called PROLOG (programming in logic), the new machines will hold intricate catalogues of knowledge that will contain the rules of thumb and mental shortcuts humans use to solve knotty problems...