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FORTRAN
FORTRAN was a language develped for scientific and mathmatical programs. It stands for Mathematical Formula Translating System. -
MATH-MATIC
MATH-MATIC was designed to be an improvement over FORTRAN. -
COBOL
COBOL was a language develpoed for Business and finance applications. It stands for COmmon Business-Oriented Language. -
BASIC
BASIC is designed to be easy to use. It stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. -
LOGO
LOGO is an adaptation of LISP made for educational use. -
Pascal
Pascal was develped to an efficient language. It is named after Blaise Pascal. -
SQL
SQL is a language designed to manage databases. It stands for Structured Query Language. -
C
C was develped to make system software, it is one of the most popular programming languages. -
C++
C++ is a spin off of C that added object orented features. Its name comres from the increment operator ++. -
JAVA
Java was invented to be a cross platform programming language. It is named after the JAVA platform. -
Visual BASIC
Visual BASIC was dervived from BASIC. It was developed my Microsoft. -
ADA
ADA was dervived from PASCAL and was develped for the DoD. ADA was named after Ada Lovelace.