Could you expand COBOL in computer language?

When did Dr. Hopper make COBOL?

Dr. Grace Hopper developed COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) in the late 1950s, with its first specifications being published in 1960. The language was created to address the need for a standardized programming language that could be used for business applications across different computer systems. Hopper's contributions were instrumental in the design and implementation of COBOL, which became one of the first high-level programming languages widely used in business computing.

What is the purpose of cobol?

COBOL is still used in a number of legacy applications such as finance and manufacturing industries as it is purposely designed to be fit for business application. A number of recent developments have brought web front ends to Cobol which is likely to extend the life of Cobol even further.

Why is COBOL a popular modern programming language used in business today?

COBOL is a business-oriented language that has a strong support for files, e.g., reading a file; performing any file operation is much simpler in COBOL than in other languages, such as C/C++. It has many built-in commands, e.g., edit-picture clause, redefines, rename facility, that are very useful for businesses.

A set of electronic instructions that tell the computer what to do?

A set of electronic instructions that tells the computer what to do is called a program. Programs are essentially algorithms to a solution that are written in a language the computer can understand.

How do you convert COBOL programs as web services?

search by msdn.com Or database.webmasterfund.com, hope these sites could help you.

Why is COBOL called a professional language and not a taught language?

That's a very interesting question. The short answer is that it is a taught language, however few new programmer's are interested in learning a language that they feel is "obsolete". As we'll see, it is anything but obsolete. But let's start at the beginning:Prior to 1959, the high-level programming languages of the day were predominantly suited to scientific or artificial intelligence applications; there were no languages ideally suited to the business world. In order for businesses to take advantage of computers (mainframes in particular), they not only required the financial clout to afford the machines, they also had to pay handsomely for the specialist engineers and developers who would be required to maintain the systems and develop bespoke programming languages in-house. Those businesses which couldn't afford to hold onto their engineers were quickly swallowed up by competitors that could. For many, the cost of computing was simply prohibitive.For the smaller businesses to survive and thrive in the computer-age, a common business-oriented programming language was required; one that all businesses could easily adopt and where businesses would be much less reliant upon their in-house development teams. A language where the programming skills would be highly-transferable and, of course, affordable.COBOL (an acronym of Common Business Oriented Language) was conceived specifically for this purpose. From 1959 onwards, virtually every line of business code was written in COBOL and affordable business software could simply be bought "off the shelf". By 1960, the Department of Defence decreed that all businesses must run on COBOL. COBOL became standardised in 1968 and has continued to evolve ever since.However, while COBOL was an undoubted success within the business world, other languages quickly surpassed its popularity, including the general-purpose languages C (1972) and C++ (1983), and application languages such as Java (1995). Universities recognised the increased demand for these newer languages thus COBOL all but disappeared from many curriculums.Nevertheless, COBOL is still the only language that properly deals with the business world, with the key emphasis being:heterogeneous "record-structure" datadecimal arithmeticconvenient report generationmass data access and manipulationdatabase supportGUI developmentMany high-level languages are good at some of these key areas, but poor in others. COBOL is the only language that is adequate or good across all these key areas.However, when you consider that there are literally billion of lines of COBOL code still in use today, it does beg the question why COBOL is seldom taught at University today. After all, the average age of the COBOL programmer is around 55 so young COBOL programmers are in high-demand. Within the next 10 years or so, more than half of the current programmers will have retired. Someone has to maintain that code and continue its development far beyond the next decade. And if those who know the code inside out are no longer here, who's going to teach the next generation of programmers?Much of the code in use today is central to some extremely sensitive information (credit card information, banking information, health records, social security data, and so on). Transferring all that information to other languages that weren't designed to handle it is simply not an option.New programmers simply don't appreciate the importance of "old-fashioned" COBOL, However, many organisations, including IBM, have recognised the impending skills-shortage and have begun to take steps to promote COBOL. While you won't find many COBOL courses at university-level, thanks to the initiative of the businesses themselves, universities bury their COBOL courses in the "Business Systems Programming" courses. And that's where the next generation of graduate business programmers will largely be recruited from.

Where could one find information about studying the French language?

One can find information on studying the French language by contacting local universities or community colleges. One could also take an online French course to expand their education.

Which language is the most suitable for computer programming?

Binary code is the computers language. For example you sent 300mb from Drive C:/user to D:/Data The computer could end up transalting this to numbers us 0's and 1's.

What is nature language?

A program that understand what a human would write and be able to transform that into instructions that a computer could understand.

How would you communicate with someone from a jamaica other than language?

If you can't speak English (the language of Jamaica) then you could just gestures and facial expressions to communicate. You could also use computer aided translation.

How could one apply for AS 400 jobs?

The AS/400 control language is a scripting language for the IBM AS/400 platform. One could apply at IBM or other large computer company if one has knowledge in this field.

What is natural language interpreter?