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COBOL | Definition & Facts | Britannica

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“COBOL, high-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. It developed from the 1959 Conference on Data Systems Languages, a joint initiative between the U.S. government and the private sector.” (the page’s own description)

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