Loosely Coupled glossaryDefinitions of terms and concepts in web services and process automationCOBOL- July 26, 2004 (COmmon Business Oriented Language) World's favorite mainframe programming language. Despite its venerable roots as one of the earliest high-level compiled languages, COBOL today still underpins some of the world's most important commercial and government operations, as it remains the most widely used programming language on mainframe computers. Created in 1959 by a cross-industry group of computer manufacturers under the auspices of the US Department of Defense, COBOL was designed as a...http://looselycoupled.com/glossary/COBOL |