Computer language
- BASIC (Beginner All-purpose Symbolic Instructional Code) was designed to be easily learned and used by students.
- COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) is used primarily for business data-processing operations.
- FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation) was broadly used by engineers and applied scientists. FORTRAN 77, FORTRAN 90.
- PASCAL was designed as a language for teaching structured programming techniques.
- C is a powerful and flexible language that programmers often employ to write system software.
- C++, Java, etc.