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Fortran vs Cobol - What's the difference?

fortran | cobol |

As proper nouns the difference between fortran and cobol

is that fortran is a high-level programming language developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering and numerical computation while cobol is a programming language developed in the late 1950s especially for business applications.

fortran

English

(wikipedia FORTRAN)

Alternative forms

* Fortran

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A high-level programming language developed in the 1950s for scientific, engineering and numerical computation.
    • English words with optional capitalisation

    cobol

    English

    (wikipedia COBOL)

    Alternative forms

    * Cobol

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A programming language developed in the late 1950s especially for business applications.
    • English words with optional capitalisation