COBOL

Cobol čobol English Alternative forms en Cobol Etymology en common business-oriented language, perhaps en Q92953 1 1. Pronunciation en /ˈkoʊbɒl/ /-bɔːl/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Izdeb04hw-COBOL.wav US Proper noun en programming language A programming language developed in the late 1950s, especially for business applications. en 1973 Russell M. Armstrong Modular Programming in COBOL Wiley-Interscience https://books.google.com/books?id=mjRZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22COBOL%22&dq=%22COBOL%22&hl=&cd=173&source=gbs_api The problem in COBOL is that, while there exists a standard COBOL, ANS (American National Standard) COBOL, no computer manufacturer offers a COBOL compiler that is both full and pure ANS. en David Gilbert No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits Wired Magazine WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/ 2025-02-17 Because COBOL does not have a date type, some implementations rely instead on a system whereby all dates are coded to a reference point. The most commonly used is May 20, 1875, as this was the date of an international standards-setting conference held in Paris, known as the Convention du Mètre. https://web.archive.org/web/20260920205937/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/ 20 September 2026 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/ai-industry-self-improving-bots/686686/ Silicon Valley Is in a Frenzy Over Bots That Build Themselves Matteo Wong; Lila Shroff 2026-04-03 American institutions are in many ways still adapting to the internet—the IRS still processes tax returns using COBOL, a programming language that was released in 1960. https://web.archive.org/web/20260726054043/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/ai-industry-self-improving-bots/686686/ 26 July 2026 Derived terms en COBOLer Translations programming language Esperanto: eo COBOL, eo Kobolo Marathi: mr कोबोल f en terms with optional capitalization