COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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The first computer language is:
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Fortran
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C++
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C
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COBOL
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1959, a group of programmers devised COBOL, a COmmon, Business-Oriented Language. Programs written in COBOL could run on more than one manufacturer’s computer. In a 1960 test, the same COBOL programs ran successfully on two computers built by different manufacturers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vassar’s Grace Murray Hopper invented the COBOL programming language.
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