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COBOL (Computer program language) (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Common Business-Oriented Language (Computer program language)
See also:
- Broader heading: Programming languages (Electronic computers)
Dict. of computer science, engineering, and technology, 2001 (COBOL: acronym for common business-oriented language. Developed in the 1950s to solve data processing types of applications using a machine-independent language.)
IBM dict. of computing, 1994 (COBOL (common business-oriented language): a high-level programming language based on English that is used primarily for business)