Erlang is a general-purpose
Programming language and runtime
? system. It is also available as a
Open Source implementation. Named for
A.K. Erlang, it is used in telecommunication hardware from
Ericsson. It is suitable for distributed and soft
real-time systems.
Erlang is also a measure of the use of a communication channel, particularly voice and in relation to a PABX. It is also named after
A.K. Erlang. One Erlang implies a single channel in continuous use (or two channels at fifty percent use, and so on, pro rata).