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COBOL

[ koh-bawl ]

noun

, Computers.
  1. a programming language particularly suited for writing programs to process large files of data, using a vocabulary of common English words, phrases, and sentences.


COBOL

/ ˈkəʊˌbɒl /

noun

  1. a high-level computer programming language designed for general commercial use
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

COBOL

/ bôl′ /

  1. A programming language developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s and used especially for business applications. It is closer to English than many other high-level languages, making it easier to learn.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of COBOL1

1955–60; co(mmon) b(usiness) - o(riented) l(anguage)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of COBOL1

C20: co ( mmon ) b ( usiness ) o ( riented ) l ( anguage )
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Example Sentences

The agency still uses technology dating back more than a half-century, including devices running a programming language, COBOL, that few coders still know.

The system runs on COBOL, an antiquated programming language few coders still know.

Some of its main computers still run on programming language that dates to the 1960s, called COBOL, the IRS has repeatedly told policymakers.

The result, as one of my colleagues pointed out, is a keyboard that looks like it could sink a U-boat and only supports coding in COBOL.

If you actually look at the technologies that banks run on, we’re talking about COBOL, which is a computer language from the ’70s.

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