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Grace Hopper Invents COBOL (jan 1, 1930 – jan 1, 1950)

Description:

-COBOL is one of the first programming languages known to exist

Important Because...
1. Most computers utilized it in the 50's 60's and even 70's
2. Also used the first Compiler/Interpreter which turns the code to binary
3. Inspiration for modern programming languages

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Date:

jan 1, 1930
jan 1, 1950
~ 20 years