computer language
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of computer language
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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It hasn’t helped that the agency has such outdated information technology systems that it sometimes uses a 1960s-era computer language for data processing and stores information on magnetic tapes in warehouses.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022
If you actually look at the technologies that banks run on, we’re talking about COBOL, which is a computer language from the ’70s.
From The Verge • Apr. 6, 2021
Taxpayer files are kept in an archaic “master file” that operates on a computer language few people still use.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2018
In the beginning, computers spoke only computer language, and a human seeking to interact with one was compelled to do the same.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2016
A worthy companion to INTERCAL; a computer language family which escapes the quotidian limitation of linear control flow and embraces program counters flying through multiple dimensions with exotic topologies.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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