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FORTRAN invented
FORmula TRANslating system or FORTRAN system created by John W. Backus. Used for numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, computational physics, and computational chemistry. -
MATH-MATIC invented
Intended to improve FORTRAN created by Charles Katz -
COBOL invented
COmmon Business - Oriented Language or COBOL developed by Grace Hopper for business, finance, & administrative systems -
BASIC invented
Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code created by John George Kemeny & Thomas Eugene Kurtz. Primary purpose was its ease of use. -
LOGO invented
Logo created by Wally Feurzeig & Seymour Papert. It is a teaching language designed to produce useful scripts. -
PASCAL invented
Pascal begins development by Nicklaus Wirth who tried to create an efficient language. -
C invented
Developed by Dennis Ritchie to implement system software but was ultimately used t0 develop portable application software. -
SQL invented
Structured Query Language or SQL was created by Donald D Chamberlin & Raymond F Boyce desinged to manage data. -
C++ invented
Bijarne Straustrup added classes, virtual functions, operator overloading, multiple inhesritance templates, & exception handling to C. -
ADA invented
ADA was designed by Jean Ichbiah to be simple and consistent. -
Visual Basic invented
Microosoft created Visual Basic to enable graphical user interface (GUI) & rapid application development (RAD). -
JAVA created
Created by James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, & Patrick Naughton. Tried to be the program that was able to "Write Once, RUn Anywhere."