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Plankalkül
Designed in 1948 by Konrad Zuse, Plankalkül was the first high-level language for a computer. Plankalkül means "formal system for planning". -
FORTRAN
Designed in 1957 by John Backus for scientific engineering applications. Then it was used in computationally intensive areas weather prediction, fluid dynamics, and more. Its name stands for "Formula Translation". -
MATH-MATIC
Created in 1957 by workers in Remington Rand as an early programing language for the UNIVAC. Name after its job, doing math. -
LISP
In 1958 LISP was designed by John McCarthy and was used as a mathematical notation for computer programs. Short for "List Processor". -
COBOL
Made in 1959 by a team comprised of Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney. Once used for portable data processing, now it's used only to maintain classic applications. Stands for "common business-oriented language". -
RPG
Developed in 1959 by the company IBM, it was a high-level language that once replicated punched card processing although today it’s been modernized. RPG stands for “Report Program Generator”. -
Basic
Developed in 1964 by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. BASIC was made to be an easy to learn language anyone could pick up. It's acronym stands for" Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code". -
LOGO
Created in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon, Logo is a general purpose language but was well known in turtle graphics. Logo is from the Greek word for thought. -
B
Developed in 1969 by Ken Thompson with Dennis Ritchie. Made to replace BCPL language with a more efficient system for minicomputers. Stands for the first letter of BCPL, as it removed the unnecessary -
PASCAL
Designed in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth to be an efficient language used to encourage good programming practices. Named after Mathematician Blaise Pascal. -
C
Designed in 1972 by Dennis Richie to be a fast, low-level code for operating systems and application software. After B. -
ML
Designed in 1973 by Robin Milner and his associates, ML was a general purpose language on sometimes used on others. ML means "Meta Language". -
SQL
Developed in 1974 by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce and helped access records with a single command without needing to list how. SQL stands for “Structured Query Language”. -
ADA
Developed in 1908's by Dr. Jean Ichbiah, then Mr. Tucker Taft in 1990's. Used in large, long-lived applications, like commercial and military avionics and medical devices. Named after Ada Lovelace -
C++
Developed in 1983 by Bjarne Stroustrup. C++ is generally used for offline software. Stands for C but with more stuff. -
Python
Designed February 20, 1991, by Guido van Rossum. Python is now a widely used high level programming language for general purpose and emphasizes code readability. Named in honor of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”. -
Visual Basic
Developed in 1991 by Microsoft as a easy to learn and use language for all. Visual Basic is derived from BASIC, another easy to learn language. -
PHP
Designed in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP is used with many websites in the HTML markup. PHP stands for "Hypertext Preprocessor". -
Java
Designed on May 23, 1995, by James Gosling Java is used to create applications across multiple computers. It's simply named after coffee. -
JavaScript
Designed on December 4, 1995, by Brendan Eich. JavaScript is now a core technology for the content in the world wide web -
Delphi
Originally created in 1995 by Borland, and then by Embarcadero Technologies in 2009. Used as a rapid application development tool. The name, Delphi, was more of a inside joke but eventually became the final name.