Austin Kyoto Common Lisp is a programming language used mainly in artificial intelligence research. Its name is spelled using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as /ˈɒstɪn ˈkaɪ.oʊtoʊ ˈkɒmən lɪsp/. The "a" in "Austin" is pronounced as "ah" (IPA symbol: ɑ), the "o" in "Kyoto" is pronounced as "oh" (IPA symbol: oʊ), and the "i" in "Lisp" is pronounced as "ih" (IPA symbol: ɪ). The language was developed in the 1980s by a team of researchers from the universities of Texas at Austin and Kyoto.