Cobol

/ˈkoʊˌbɑl/ noun

Definition

A high-level computer programming language designed in the 1960s for business and administrative applications, once extremely common in corporate and government systems.

Etymology

An acronym standing for 'Common Business-Oriented Language,' created by computer scientists including Grace Hopper to make programming more accessible to non-specialists.

Kelly Says

COBOL programs written 60 years ago are STILL running in banks, insurance companies, and government agencies—nobody wants to rewrite them because they work perfectly and the cost to replace them would be astronomical.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
COBOL
ko-bol
ARالعربية
COBOL
ko-bol
BNবাংলা
COBOL
ko-bol
CACatalà
COBOL
ko-bol
CSČeština
COBOL
ko-bol
DADansk
COBOL
ko-bol
DEDeutsch
COBOL
ko-bol
ELΕλληνικά
COBOL
ko-bol
ESEspañol
COBOL
ko-bol
FAفارسی
COBOL
ko-bol
FISuomi
COBOL
ko-bol
FRFrançais
COBOL
ko-bol
GUGU
COBOL
ko-bol
HAHA
COBOL
ko-bol
HEעברית
COBOL
ko-bol
HIहिन्दी
COBOL
ko-bol
HUMagyar
COBOL
ko-bol
IDBahasa Indonesia
COBOL
ko-bol
IGIG
COBOL
ko-bol
ITItaliano
COBOL
ko-bol
JA日本語
COBOL
ko-bol
KKKK
COBOL
ko-bol
KMKM
COBOL
ko-bol
KO한국어
COBOL
ko-bol
MRMR
COBOL
ko-bol
MSBahasa Melayu
COBOL
ko-bol
MYမြန်မာ
COBOL
ko-bol
NLNederlands
COBOL
ko-bol
NONorsk
COBOL
ko-bol
PAPA
COBOL
ko-bol
PLPolski
COBOL
ko-bol
PTPortuguês
COBOL
ko-bol
RORomână
COBOL
ko-bol
RUРусский
COBOL
ko-bol
SVSvenska
COBOL
ko-bol
SWKiswahili
COBOL
ko-bol
TAதமிழ்
COBOL
ko-bol
TEతెలుగు
COBOL
ko-bol
THไทย
COBOL
ko-bol
TLTL
COBOL
ko-bol
TRTürkçe
COBOL
ko-bol
UKУкраїнська
COBOL
ko-bol
URاردو
COBOL
ko-bol
VITiếng Việt
COBOL
ko-bol
YOYO
COBOL
ko-bol
ZH中文
COBOL
ke-bo-er
ZUZU
COBOL
ko-bol

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