COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fortran and COBOL are high-level languages.
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1960s, a high-level programming language using a compiler was commonly called an autocode. Examples of autocodes are COBOL and Fortran. The first high-level programming language designed for computers was Plankalkül, created by Konrad Zuse.

Detailed explanation-2: -CoBOL is technically considered a “high-level” language.

Detailed explanation-3: -COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is a high-level programming language for business applications. It was the first popular language designed to be operating system-agnostic and is still in use in many financial and business applications today.

Detailed explanation-4: -2] High Level Language When we talk about high level languages, these are programming languages. Some prominent examples are PASCAL, FORTRAN, C++ etc. The important feature about such high level languages is that they allow the programmer to write programs for all types of computers and systems.

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