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Common Business Oriented Language [1 record]

Record 1 2012-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A high-level language developed for business data processing applications.

OBS

Common Business Oriented Language; COBOL: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Langage de programmation évolué destiné aux activités de gestion. Le COBOL permet l'élaboration de programmes sources indépendamment des ordinateurs.

OBS

Sigle de : Common Business Oriented Language.

OBS

COBOL : terme uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
DEF

Lenguaje orientado hacia los procedimientos, ideado para facilitar la preparación o el intercambio de los programas que realizan las funciones de procesamiento de datos en un negocio.

OBS

Diseñado en 1959 por un comité que representaba al gobierno de Estados Unidos y a varios fabricantes de computadoras, el lenguaje COBOL ha pasado por varias versiones (por ejemplo, COBOL-60, COBOL-61, COBOL-61 AMPLIADO, COBOL-65).

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