COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following programming language types was created first?
A
Procedural
B
Machine
C
Object oriented
D
Assembler
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Computer Programming History: FORTRAN was the first computer programming language that was widely used. A Brief History of Computer Programming Languages: Computer code is the foundation of computers, enabling them to do the tasks humans need them to do.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the first programming language? It’s generally accepted that Ada Lovelace’s “Algorithm for the Analytical Engine” is the first computer language ever created. Its purpose was to help Charles Babbage with Bernoulli number computations and Ada designed it in 1883.

Detailed explanation-3: -The oldest programming language is Fortran, which was first commercially released in 1957. A group of programmers at IBM, under the direction of John Backus, first created the programming language.

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