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Plankalkul
Author: Konrad Zuse
Purpose: For engineering -
FORTRAN
Author: John Backus/IBM
Purpose: Used in numeric and scientific computations
Acronym: Formula Translation System -
MATH-MATIC
Author: Group led by Charles Katz
Purpose: Improvement of FORTRAN -
Lisp
Authors: John McCarthy, Steve Russell, Timothy Hart
Purpose: A general-purpose language, and the second oldest high-level programming language right after FORTRAN -
COBOL
Author: Grace Hopper, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet
Purpose: Compipled computer language mostly used in business
Acronym: COmmon Business-Oriented Language -
RPG
Author: IBM
Purpose: Used as a tool to replicate punched card processing
Acronym: Report Program Generator -
BASIC
Authors: John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz
Purpose: Used as a high-level programming language, designed to be easy to use
Acronym: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code -
LOGO
Authors: Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon
Purpose: Used as an educational programming language.
Acronym: Logic Oriented Graphic Oriented -
B
Authors: Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie
Purpose: Used for machine independent applications, such as system and language software.
Acronym: B was derived from BCPL -
C
Author: Dennis Ritchie
Purpose: Mostly the only difference from B is it uses structured programming
Acronym (not really): It was a successor to B -
ML
Author: Robin Milner
Purpose: Used as a general-purpose programming language
Acronym: Metalanguage -
SQL
Authors: Donald Chamberlin, Raymond Boyce
Purpose: A programming language designed for managing data in a database management system
Acronym: Structured Query Language -
ADA
Author: Jean Ichbiah
Purpose: Used as an object-oriented and high-level computer programming language, it was mostly based off of PASCAL -
Visual Basic
Author: Alan Cooper
Purpose: Can be used to create any program in most any other language, but must support .NET framework. -
Python
Author: Guido van Rossum
Purpose: Used as a general-purpose, high-level programming language. Its design improves on code readability so fewer lines of code can be used. -
JavaScript
Author: Brendan Eich
Purpose: Improves interactivity with web pages, mostly used for validations and can create popups. -
Delphi
Author: Embarcadero Technologies Borland
Purpose: It integrates a developmental environment for console, desktop graphical, web, and mobile applications. -
Java
Authors: James Gosling, Sun Microsystems
Purpose: Used with a highly-interactive user interface, and a cached system where you don;t need to reconnect back to the web server if you alrealy have downloaded info -
PHP
Author: Rasmus Lerdorf
Purpose: Designed for web development
Acronym: Personal HomePage -
Visual Basic .NET
Author: Microsoft
Purpose: Can be used to create any program in most any other language, but must support .NET framework.