LabVIEW is a multi-platform graphical programming language, that allows the programmer to build a dataflow model with objects from menus, instead of writing code. It is frequently used for data acquisition and for instrument control.
Further information can be found at
http://www.ni.com/labview/ .
It is taught as part of MSci Skills (PH3010), a third year module.
-- Public.SamYoules - 19 Feb 2017