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Plankalkul
Created by: Konrad Zuse Purpose: World’s first high-level language used for difficult engineering projects -
Fortran (Formula Translation)
Created by: IBM Purpose: Created for computers to complete number crunching operations -
MATH-MATIC
Created by: Charles Katz Purpose: Program designed to solve math problems -
Lisp (List Processing)
Created by: Steve Russell, Timothy Hart, and Mike Levin Purpose: Used for artificial intelligence. -
COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)
Created by: Grace Hopper Purpose: Portable language used for data processing -
RPG (Report Program Generator)
Created by: IBM Purpose: Works almost like a programmable storage language containing things such as data and dimensional arrays -
BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
Created by: John Kemeny, Thomas Kurtz, and Mary Keller Purpose: An easy-to-use programming language used for beginner design. -
LOGO
Created by: Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon Purpose: Used to program instructions into a computer to create graphics -
PASCAL (Named after Blaise Pascal)
Created by: Niklaus Wirth Purpose: Programming language used which utilizes compilation speed and user generated coding -
B (Contraction of BCPL)
Created by: Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie Purpose: Used for non-numeric applications like decision making and processing of characters. -
C
Created by: Dennis Ritchie Purpose: Used primarily for operating systems and developmental projects. -
ML (Meta Language)
Created by: Robin Milner Purpose: General purpose program language that can be ran by a user or admin -
SQL (Structured Query Language)
Created by: Donald D. Chamberlin, and Raymond Boyce Purpose: Used for managing data in things like stream processing and relationships between different entities -
ADA (Named for Augusta Ada)
Created by: Jean Ichbiah and Tucker Taft. Purpose: An international standardized language used for general-purpose use. -
C++
Created by: Bjarne Stroustrup Purpose: Created as a faster upgrade of C for software, drivers, and client-server applications -
Python
Created by: Guido van Rossum Purpose: Used to web development in many application domains -
Visual Basic
Created by: Alan Cooper Purpose: Used to create applications in an easier way using Microsoft components -
PHP (Hypertext Processor)
Created by: Rasmus Lerdorf Purpose: A server-side language used for scripting and programming -
Delphi
Created by: Danny Thorpe Purpose: Created as an upgrade to Borland Pascal used for fast creation of computer -
Java
Created by: James Gosling for Sun Microsystems Purpose: Used to create computer instructions with the English language -
Javascript
Created by: Brendan Eich Purpose: Used as a scripting language written on an HTML page