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It hasn’t helped that the agency has such outdated information technology systems that it sometimes uses a 1960s-era computer language for data processing and stores information on magnetic tapes in warehouses.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
When Xerox executives decided not to release Interpress, a precursor to PostScript, Dr. Geschke and Warnock decided to quit and develop a version of the computer language on their own.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2021
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
He taught from 1954 to 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley, where he led research into computer language.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2017
Also in the 80s, Rama encouraged followers to secure software contracts in ADA, a computer language used to control the United States' hardware of war.
From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Mark Eliot Laxer
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