Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)
COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)
a programming language for business data processing, developed in the early 1960s by several computer manufacturers and the U.S. Department of Defense. As the sample program in Figure 60 shows, COBOL statements resemble English sentences, and the structure of the program requires that some documentation be included. COBOL programs are long and wordy, but easy to read, making it easy for programmers other than the author to make corrections or changes.
