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computer language

[kuhm-pyoo-ter lang-gwij] / kəmˈpju tər ˌlæŋ gwɪdʒ /
NOUN
programming language
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It hasn’t helped that the agency has such outdated information technology systems that it sometimes uses a 1960s-era computer language for data processing and stores information on magnetic tapes in warehouses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2022

When Xerox executives decided not to release Interpress, a precursor to PostScript, Dr. Geschke and Warnock decided to quit and develop a version of the computer language on their own.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2021

If you actually look at the technologies that banks run on, we’re talking about COBOL, which is a computer language from the ’70s.

From The Verge Apr. 6, 2021

A Flatiron district artificial intelligence start-up was recently looking to expand, adding new engineers who happened to know a niche computer language.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2017

Using `+' or `plus'    to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the    ELIZA effect.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.



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