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The most widely used commercial programming computer language is

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BASIC
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COBOL
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FORTRAN
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PASCAL
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The correct option is B COBOL

The most widely used commercial programming computer language is COBOL.

COBOL is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is imperative, procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented.

COBOL is a programming language that reads like regular English and is often used for business and administrative purposes. The name means Common Business Oriented Language. COBOL is referred to as a legacy language, which means it is in a format that is no longer used or supported by new systems.

Ultimately, programs written in a high-level language must be translated into machine language by a compiler or interpreter. The first high-level programming languages were designed in the 1950s. Now there are dozens of different languages, including Ada, Algol, BASIC, COBOL, C, C++, FORTRAN, LISP, Pascal, and Prolog.

Cobol is not dead. ... While mainframes still being used for business software Cobol will continue to be used. Ask for IBM when they will stop to sell and rent mainframes and you will know when Cobol will be a dead language. So, Cobol is alive and will still alive for a long time!From 1959 to 1961, Hopper lead the team that invented COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language), the first user-friendly business computer software program.


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