- the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa
- French philosopher and mathematician.
- a high-level programming language, a descendant of ALGOL, designed to facilitate structured programming.
- the derived SI unit of pressure; the pressure exerted on an area of 1 square metre by a force of 1 newton; equivalent to 10 dynes per square centimetre or 1.45 × 10 –4 pound per square inch
- Blaise (blɛz). 1623–62, French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist. As a scientist, he made important contributions to hydraulics and the study of atmospheric pressure and, with Fermat, developed the theory of probability. His chief philosophical works are Lettres provinciales (1656–57), written in defence of Jansenism and against the Jesuits, and Pensées (1670), fragments of a Christian apologia
- a high-level computer programming language developed as a teaching language: used for general-purpose programming
