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title: "Define Erlang"  
description: "Define Erlang"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-06-23  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2645/define-erlang  
category: "erlang"  
tags: ["functional programming", "concurrent programming", "erlang"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Define Erlang

Erlang is a general purpose programming language and a runtime environment. It has built in support for concurrency, fault tolerance and distribution. Erlang is available as an open source. It is used for functional or procedural programming approches

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Erlang is a general purpose programming language and a runtime environment. It has built in support for concurrency, fault tolerance and distribution. Erlang is available as an open source. It is used for functional or procedural programming approches


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