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Fortran
1957: Fortran, a programming language created for scientific computing, is developed by John Backus. Name derived from Formula Translation. -
MATH-MATIC
1957: MATH-MATIC, a programming language developed for the UNIVAC I, is developed by Remington Rand. Actual name is Algebraic Translator 3 (AT-3), MATH-MATIC is a marketing name. -
Lisp
1958: Lisp, a collection of programming languages, is developed by John McCarthy. Name derived from List Processor. -
COBOL
1959: COBOL, a compiled programming language for business use, is developed by Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet, William Selden, and Gertrude Tierney. Name stands for common business-oriented language. -
RPG
1959: RPG, a programming language for businesses, is developed by IBM. Name stands for Report Program Generator. -
BASIC
1964: BASIC, a general-use programming language, is developed by John G, Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. Stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. -
Logo
1967: Logo, an educational programming language, is developed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon. Name derived from Greek logos (thought). -
B
1969: B, a computer programming language designed for non-numeric applications, is developed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. Name derived from BCPL. -
PASCAL
1970: PASCAL, an imperative programming language intended to encourage good programming practices, is developed by Niklaus Wirth. Named after French mathematician Blaise Pascal. -
C
1972: C, a programming language originally designed for Unix, is developed by Dennis Ritchie. Name has no origin or significance -
ML
1973: ML, a functional programming language, is developed by Robin Milner. Name stands for Meta Language. -
SQL
1974: SQL, a programming language intended for data management, is developed by Donald D. Chamberlin and
Raymond F. Boyce. Name stands for Structured Query Language. -
Plankalkul
1975: Plankalkul, an engineering-based programming language conceptualized by Konrad Zuse in 1948, is compiled in 1975 by Joachim Hohmann. Name translates to 'formal system for planning'. -
C++
1985: C++, a general-use programming language, is developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. Name comes from C programming language, the double plus signs are the increment operator in C. -
ADA
1989: ADA, a computer programming language that improves code safety and maintainability, is developed by Jean Ichbiah. Named after Ada Lovelace, credited as the first computer programmer. -
Python
1990: Python, a general-use programming language, is developed by Guido van Rossum. Named after the british comedian Monty Python. -
Visual Basic
1991: Visual Basic, a programming language useful for creating applications, is developed by Microsoft. Name is a combination of Ruby (codename for the language, origin of Visual) and BASIC (programming language used to develop VL, origin of Basic). -
Delphi
1995: Delphi, an integrated development environment, is developed by Borland Software Corporation. Named after the Grecian myth of the Oracle of Delphi. -
Java
1995: Java, a general-use programming language, is developed by James Gosling. Named after Java Coffee. -
Javascript
1995: Javascript, a dynamic programming language, is developed by Brendan Eich. Named after Java, but ultimately unrelated. -
PHP
1995: PHP, a programming language created for web development, is developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. Name stands for Hypertext Preprocessor.