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Plankalkul
Developed by Konrad Zuse. Mainly used for engineering purposes. -
Fortran
Developed by John Backus. Is mainly used for numeric and scientific computing. Stands for Formula Translation. -
MATH-MATIC
Developed by Remington Rand. Its primary use was as a programming language for the UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II. Is a marketing name for AT-3 (Algebraic Translator 3). -
Lisp
Developed by John McCarthy. Mainly used as a programming language for artificial intelligence. Stands for list processing. -
COBOl1
Was developed by CODASYl. Often used for business and administrative purposes. Stands for Common Business Oriented Language. -
RPG
Developed by IBM. Mainly used as a programming language for a report-building program used in DEC and IBM minicomputer operating systems. Stands for Report Program Generator. -
BASIC
Developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. Provided a way for students to write simple computer programs. Stands for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. -
LOGO
Developed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Soloman. High-level programming language used for graphics. -
B
Developed by Ken Thompson. Main purpose was for system development. -
PASCAL
Developed by Niklaus Wirth. Made to teach programming as a systematic discipline and to develop reliable and efficient programs. -
C
Developed by Dennis Ritchie. Made as system programming language to write an operating system. -
ML
Developed by Robin Milner. Primarily used for programming language research. Stands for Meta Language. -
SQL
Developed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce. Mainly used for managing dat held in relational database management system. Stands for Structured Query Language. -
ADA
Developed by Jean Ichbiah. General-purpose programming language used for a wide variety of applications like mission control or payroll. Named after Augusta Ada, Countess of Lovelace. -
C++
Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. Helps programmers write fast, portable programs. Stands for C Object-Oriented Programming language. -
Python
Developed by Guido Van Rossum. Is a general purpose programming, can be used to develop desktop and web applications as long as scientific and numeric applications. -
Delphi
Developed by Anders Hejlsberg. Is based on Object Pascal and is used for rapid application development of desktop, mobile, web, and console software. -
Java
Developed by Sun Microsystems. Is a general-purpose programming language that's object oriented, concurrent, class-based. Designed to have few implementation dependencies. Stands for Japan Anti-Vivisection Association. -
Javascript
Developed by Brendan Eich. Is an object orient programming language designed to make web development easier and more attractive. -
PHP
Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. Mainly used to develop static website, dynamic websites, or web applications. Stands for Personal Home Page. -
Visual Basic
Developed by Microsoft. Used to create executables, ActiveX controls, or DLL files, primarily used to develop windows applications and to interface database systems.