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COBOL (Computer program language)

LC control no.sh 85027548
LC classificationHF5548.5.C2 Business
QA76.73.C25 Computer science
Topical headingCOBOL (Computer program language)
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Variant(s)Common Business-Oriented Language (Computer program language)
See alsoProgramming languages (Electronic computers)
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Found inDict. 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)