Lingo, a contraction of
language
Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...
, often refers to
jargon
Jargon is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is normally employed in a particular Context (language use), communicative context and may not be well understood outside that context. The conte ...
, but in a less formal or technical sense.
Lingo may also refer to:
Technology
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Lingo (programming language)
Lingo is a verbose object-oriented programming, object-oriented (OO) scripting language developed by John Thompson (inventor), John H. Thompson for use in Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director). Lingo is used to develop desktop application s ...
, one of several unrelated programming languages
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Lingo (VoIP Service operator)
Lingo Management, LLC "Lingo" was founded by Vincent M. Oddo, and partners, in 2018 as a voice and broadband provider based in Macon, Georgia and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Lingo is a global Cloud/UC and managed service provider providing ...
, a VoIP service provided by Primus Telecommunications Inc
* Trade name of the
Linn Sondek LP12 turntable's power supply
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LINGO (mathematical modeling language), designed for formulating and solving optimization problems
People
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Lingo (surname) The Scottish surname Lingo is derived from the lands of Lingoch in the parish of Carnbee, Fife, Scotland. The earliest known recorded use of the surname in Scotland is by Ulf de Lingoch, who witnessed a charter granted in the early 13th century ...
, a Scottish surname, including people with the name
Places
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Lingo, Missouri, a community in Macon County
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Lingo, New Mexico, a populated place in Roosevelt County
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Lingo Creek
Lingo Creek is a stream flowing southeast to Indian River Bay
Indian River Bay is a body of water in Sussex County, Delaware. It is part of Delaware's inland bay system, along with Little Assawoman Bay and Rehoboth Bay. Fed by the Indian ...
, Delaware
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Lingo House, an estate house near Carnbee, Fife, Scotland
Television game shows
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''Lingo'' (American game show), an American television game show with multiple international adaptations that debuted in 1987
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''Lingo'' (British game show), a short-lived UK game show produced from 1987 to 1988 and later revived in 2021
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''Lingo'' (Canadian game show), a Canadian game show that aired on Radio-Canada in Quebec from 1998 to 2001
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''Lingo'' (Dutch game show), Dutch television game show based on the North American format of the same name
Other uses
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''Lingo'' (album), by Gang Gajang
* Lingo, the title character of ''
The Lingo Show
''The Lingo Show'' is a British flash animation, flash animated children's television series created by Nicole Seymour, produced by the BBC and animated by Dinamo Productions for BBC's CBeebies channel and programming block. The characters and ...
'', a kids' TV show
* ''Lingo'', regional variant of ''
Lingam
A lingam ( sa, लिङ्ग , lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically the primary ''murti'' or devotional im ...
'', the phallic representation of the Hindu god Shiva
See also
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Lingoes (program)
Lingoes is a dictionary and machine translation app. Lingoes was created by Chinese. Chinese site is http://lingoes.cn/, English site is http://lingoes.net. Lingoes is often compared to its competitor Babylon because of similarities in their GUI, ...
, multilingual translation software program
* Lingvo, the
Esperanto
Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...
word for language
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Linguo
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