What is "a la carte"

1826, from French à la carte, literally "by the card" (see card (n.)); in other words, "ordered by separate items." Distinguished from a table d'hôte, meal served at a fixed, inclusive price.

a. (alternative form of à la carte English) adv. (alternative form of à la carte English)

1. adj : (of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item [ant: table d'hote]

2. n : a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices

3. adv : by ordering items listed individually on a menu; "we ate a la carte"

is the first mini-album by Fujifabric, released in October 2002 under the independent Japanese record label Song-Crux.

A la Carte is the fourth album to be released by Austrian band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung ( EAV) in 1984.

A la Carte is quite a well known French expression (meaning according to the card) which is used worldwide. The album cover is a satirical take on this, as it shows a green pig's head, wearing headphones and eating a vinyl disc.

This album was released a few times in Germany and The Netherlands.

Released on vinyl in The Netherlands on catalogue number EMI Columbia 1333421 Reissued on vinyl in The Netherlands, in 1986 on catalogue number EMI Columbia/Fame 1576641 Released on cassette tape in Germany in 1984 on catalogue number EMI Columbia 1333424 Reissued on cassette tape in Germany in 1986 on catalogue number EMI Columbia/Fame 1576644, on the same catalogue number the tape was released in The Netherlands in 1991.

The album was released in Germany on CD in 1988 on catalogue number EMI Columbia/Fame 7900722. The same catalogue number was used for the Dutch CD release in 1991.

A la Carte is the sixth full-length studio album by German progressive rock band Triumvirat, released in 1978.

À la carte is a French expression meaning "from the card", and is used in restaurant terminology.

A la Carte may also refer to:

• A La Carte (group), a German disco trio formed in 1978
• A la Carte (Triumvirat album) (1978)
• À la Carte (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung album) (1984)
• À la carte (EP), a 2002 EP by Fujifabric
• Alacarte, a GNOME menu editor
• " A La Cart", an episode of the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• A-la-carte music services are MP3 stores, such as Amazon or iTunes
• A la carte pay television, a pricing model where cable and satellite television customers subscribe to individually selected channels

The phrase has also found considerable use in computer science and category theory literature, including research works in the field of functional programming, such as: "Datatypes à la carte", "Compilation à la Carte", "Evaluation à la Carte". In this context, the phrase is used to concisely refer to a possibility to assemble an abstract "meal" (such as a complex functor) from a set of small, readily available parts ( coproduct operands in case of datatypes à la carte).

A La Carte was a German disco girl group formed in 1978. The trio originally included Patsy Fuller, Julia and Elaine. Their first song was When the Boys Come Home, released in March 1979. By 1981, the group was made up of Jeanny Renshaw, Linda Daniels and Joy Martin. Together, they released the album Viva. The group underwent several line-up changes afterwards also. The group disbanded in 1985. The final line-up featured Jeanny Renshaw, Patsy Fuller and Katie Humble. Other women disco groups like A La Carte were very popular in Europe at the time. Such as, Arabesque, (also from Germany), Luv' and Maywood (both from the Netherlands) and Baccara (from Spain).