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Invented by Konrad Zuse for engineering purposes. Translated to "Plan Calculus."
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Invented by Charles Katz for the UNIVAC I and II.
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Invented by John Backus for simulating physical systems. Shorthand for "FORmula TRANslator."
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Invented by John McCarthy for programming artificial intelligence.
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Invented by Grace Hopper for a user-friendly program. Stands for "Common Business-Oriented Language."
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Invented by IBM for punched card machines. Stands for "Report Program Generator."
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Invented by Thomas Kurtz for a computer to accept input and provide output. Stands for "Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code."
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Invented by Seymour Papert for graphic development.
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Invented by Ken Thompson for use in non-numeric coding and system software.
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Invented by Niklaus Wirth for procedural programming.
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Invented by IBM for database communication.
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Invented by Dennis Ritchie to aid in the development of the UNIX OS at Bell Labs.
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Invented by Robin Milner for theorem solving. Stands for "Meta Language."
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Invented by Bjarne Stroustrup as a more user-friendly version of the C language.
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Invented by Jean Ichbiah for program safety.
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Invented by Guido Van Rossum for data analysis and visualization.
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Invented by Alan Cooper for allowing development of graphical user interfaces.
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Invented by James Gosling for handheld devices.
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Invented by Brendan Eich for client-side scripting.
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Invented by Rasmus Lerdorf for developing web applications.
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Invented by Anders Hejlsberg for application development.