Computer Languages Flashcards
1
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The first widely used high-level programming language. Marketed to science users
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FORTRAN
2
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IBM’s business-oriented programming language
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COMTRAN
3
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UNIVAC’s business-oriented programming language
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Flow-matic
4
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Honeywell’s business-oriented programming language
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FACT
5
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Standardized business-oriented language from the US government
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COBOL
6
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Popular for artificial intelligence software
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LISP
7
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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
8
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Contemporary programming languages influenced by C
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C++, Python, Objective C
9
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Invented by Kemeny and Kurtz in 1964; popular programming language for high school and university
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BASIC