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Definition: property list


In a list processing language, an object that is assigned a descriptive attribute (property) and a value. For example, in Logo, PUTPROP "KAREN "LANGUAGE "PARADOX assigns the value PARADOX to the property LANGUAGE for the person named KAREN. To find out what language Karen speaks, the Logo statement PRINT GETPROP "KAREN "LANGUAGE will generate PARADOX as the answer.