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Plankalkul
Plankalkul was a language designed for engineering purposes. It is known as the first high level computer programming language. It is the German pronunciation of plan calculus. -
Fortran
Fortran is a language suited to large scale calculations. Its name is derived form formula translation. It was originally written by John Backus. -
MATH-MATIC
MATH-MATIC was the marketing term for algebraic translator 3. IT was used to code 1 UNIVAC 1 and 2. It was originally designed by Remington Rand. -
Lisp
Lisp was written by John McCarthy. It was originally written as a mathematical notation for use within other programs .It soon found it's niche in AI research. It -
COBOL
COBOL or common business-oriented language was created by Howard Broming. COBOL is an object oriented language. IT is still used in mainframe computers. -
RPG
RPG is a high level language for use in business applications. Its acronym stands for report program generator. It was developed by IBM -
BASIC
BASIC or Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code was created by John G. Kemmy and Thomas E. Kurtz. BASIC was easy to learn. -
LOGO
LOGO was developed as an educational programming language by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon. Logo gets its name from the Greek word logos. -
B
B was written for use in Bell Labs by Ken Thompson. It was used for non-numeric purposes. -
Pascal
Pascal was used for data structuring. It gets its name from famed French mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal was originally written by Niklaus Wirth. -
C
C written at Bell Labs by Dennis Richie. It has a wide range of applications from embedded systems to supercomputers. It is used to address specific hardware within the computer. -
ML
ML or meta language was written by Robin Milner. It has roots in lisp and it is general purpose. -
SQL
SQL or structured query language was written by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce for use in data management. -
ADA
ADA was named after Ada Lovelace. ADA was originally created, by Jean Ichbiah, for use within the US Department of Defense . It has evolved and changed over many years and is still viable today. -
C++
C++ was designed by Bjarne Stroustrup. It is used for developing apps and programming web server. The C++ name signifies the evolutionary changes from C. -
VisualBasic
VisualBasic is used for rapid development of graphical user interfaces. It was developed by Microsoft. -
Python
Python is a high level, general purpose language created by Guido van Rossum. It is designed to be easily read. It is versatile as it scales to small and large scale. -
Delphi
Delphie is a strong high level programming language. It was created by Borland. It was used for database connectivity. -
PHP
PHP is a language designed for web development. It was created by Rasmus Lerdorf. -
Java
Java is one of the most popular languages today due to its versatility. It is known as a general purpose language. Java was Written by James Gosling. -
Javascript
Javascript written by Brendan Eich, is used by many developers on the internet. JavaScript has gained popularity due to the fact that it does not need any plugins to run in modern browsers.