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English for specific purposes (ESP) is a subset of English as a second or foreign language. It usually refers to teaching the English language to university students or people already in employment, with reference to the particular vocabulary and skills they need.
Language for specific purposes (LSP) has been primarily used to refer to two areas within applied linguistics: . One focusing on the needs in education and training; One with a focus on research on language variation across a particular subject field
English for academic purposes (EAP), commonly known as Academic English, entails training students, usually in a higher education setting, to use language appropriate for study. It is one of the most common forms of English for specific purposes (ESP).
A special-purpose entity (SPE; or, in Europe and India, special-purpose vehicle/SPV; or, in some cases in each EU jurisdiction, FVC, financial vehicle corporation) is a legal entity (usually a limited company of some type or, sometimes, a limited partnership) created to fulfill narrow, specific or temporary objectives.
A General Purpose Language is a complete workbench, with a variety of tools intended for performing a variety of tasks. Domain-specific languages should be used by programmers who, looking at their current workbench, realize they need a better drill and find that a particular domain-specific language provides exactly that. [citation needed]
English for specialized purposes, typically meaning more limited, simplified forms of English, taught and used as a second/foreign language. See also: Category:Structured English Language portal
Latin grant dated 1329, written on fine parchment or vellum, with seal. A grant is a fund given by a person or organization, often a public body, charitable foundation, a specialised grant-making institution, or in some cases a business with a corporate social responsibility mission, to an individual or another entity, usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a business or a local ...
A programming language may be created for a specific task, but used beyond that original domain and thus be considered a general purpose programming language. For example, COBOL , Fortran , and Lisp were created as DSLs (for business processing, numeric computation, and symbolic processing), but became GPL's over time.