Computer language in Y2K news

• Programmer's language
• Programming language
• Early programming acronym
• A computer language acronym
• In-demand programming language, pre-Y2K
• Venerable computer language
• Cousin of Fortran
• Early business language
• Some programs are written in it

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1960, U.S. Defense Department acronym, from "Common Business-Oriented Language."