C++
[ ˈsē-ˈpləs-ˈpləs]
[ˈsē-ˈpləs-ˈpləs]
: a flexible, general-purpose computer programming language that is derived from C (see c entry 1 sense 8) but that includes some features not found in C (such as capabilities for object-oriented programming) and that is used for writing large or complex programs that would be difficult to write in C
First Known Use of C++
1985, in the meaning defined above
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