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COBOL

COBOL, in fullCommon Business-Oriented Language., High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the…

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Systems programming

Systems programming, Development of computer software that is part of a computer operating system or other control program, especially as used in computer networks. Systems…

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LISP

LISP, in full list processing, a computer programming language developed about 1960 by John McCarthy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). LISP was founded on the…

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Algol

Algol, also called Beta Persei, prototype of a class of variable stars called eclipsing binaries, the second brightest star in the northern constellation Perseus. Its apparent visual magnitude changes over the range…

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Real number

Real number, in mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as an infinite decimal expansion. Real numbers are used in measurements of continuously varying…

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FORTRAN

FORTRAN, in full Formula Translation, computer-programming language created in 1957 by John Backus that shortened the process of programming and made computer programming…

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Machine language

Machine language, the numeric codes for the operations that a particular computer can execute directly. The codes are strings of 0s and…

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World Wide Web display languages

HTML The World Wide Web is a system for displaying text, graphics, and audio retrieved over the Internet on a computer monitor. Each retrieval…

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Visual Basic

Visual Basic was developed by Microsoft to extend the capabilities of BASIC by adding objects and “event-driven” programming: buttons, menus,…

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Object-oriented language

Object-oriented languages help to manage complexity in large programs. Objects package data and the operations on them so that only…

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