Computer Languages Flashcards

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The first widely used high-level programming language. Marketed to science users

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FORTRAN

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IBM’s business-oriented programming language

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COMTRAN

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UNIVAC’s business-oriented programming language

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Flow-matic

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Honeywell’s business-oriented programming language

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FACT

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Standardized business-oriented language from the US government

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COBOL

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Popular for artificial intelligence software

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LISP

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Programming language invented by James Gosling; could run on all computers and add features to HTML documents

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Java

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Contemporary programming languages influenced by C

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C++, Python, Objective C

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Invented by Kemeny and Kurtz in 1964; popular programming language for high school and university

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BASIC

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