COBOL was designed in 1959 by CODASYL and was partly based on the programming language FLOW-MATIC, designed by Grace Hopper. It was created as part of a U.S. Department of Defense effort to create a portable programming language for data processing.

Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) is one of the oldest high-level programming languages. It was developed in the late 1950s for business applications and administrative systems. COBOL is known for its readability and easy-to-understand syntax that resembles natural English.

2024年10月23日 · COBOL, or COmmon Business-Oriented Language, is a procedural programming language created in 1959 focused on readability, self-documentation, and ease of use. Procedural programming means a programmer tells the computer what to do step by step.

2025年5月8日 · Common business-oriented language (COBOL) is a high-level, English-like, compiled programming language that is developed specifically for business data processing needs.

2025年4月28日 · COBOL an acronym for Common Business Oriented Language is a computer programming language, which was designed for business use. COBOL was procedural in the beginning, but since 2002, COBOL became object-oriented.

First COBOL Version - COBOL is a high-level programming language initially developed by the CODASYL Committee (Conference on Data Systems Languages) in the early 1960s.

COBOL was the first programming language whose use was mandated by the Department of Defense (DoD). Cobol is an English like language and hence is easy to learn.

COBOL was designed in 1959 by CODASYL and was partly based on the programming language FLOW-MATIC, designed by Grace Hopper. It was created as part of a U.S. Department of Defense effort to create a portable programming language for data processing.

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is a high-level programming language designed specifically for business data processing needs. First introduced in 1959, COBOL has been one of the most enduring programming languages in history, with billions of lines of COBOL code still in active use today.

At the height of COBOL usage in the 1960s through 1980s, the IBM COBOL product was the most important of any industry COBOL compilers.