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NODAL (Network-Oriented Document Abstraction Language<ref name="acrn">Acronym Finder - [http://www.acronymfinder.com/Network_Oriented-Document-Abstraction-Language-%28NODAL%29.html NODAL]</ref>) is an interpreted language implemented on Norsk Data's NORD-10 computers. Used by CERN and DESY high energy physics labs to control their accelerator hardware, PADAC and SEDAC. Included trackball input, graphics.<ref name="foldoc">Free Online Dictionary of Computing - [http://foldoc.org/NODAL NODAL]</ref>

NODAL allows commands to be written in one place and executed somewhere else.<ref name="HowWeb">[http://books.google.no/books?id=pIH-JijUNS0C&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=NODAL+programming+language&source=bl&ots=MJYk-C6mLP&sig=_CWkj_5Kb5Vi7DujjzJMBGWA-bU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e5eNULuZMqmC4gTN1oHYCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=NODAL%20programming%20language&f=false How the web was born], James Gillies & Robert Cailliau, 2000, page 74, 176</ref>
==Sources==
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[http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1073935/files/CM-P00070646.pdf The NODAL system for the SPS - 1974].
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