Early business programming language

• Early database-oriented language
• Language created in 1959
• Language linked to the Y2K problem
• Venerable computer language
• Some programs are written in it
• FORTRAN alternative
• Some computer programs are written in it

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
higher programming language \higher programming language\ n. (Computers) a computer programming language with an instruction set allowing one instruction to code for several assembly language instructions. Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language ...

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COBOL (, an acronym for common business-oriented language ) is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is imperative , procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented . COBOL is primarily used in business, finance, ...