Answer to Question #96497 in Algorithms for AR

Question

Language used to solve Computer mathematical computations is termed as

A. Pascal
B. Fortran
C. Ada
D. COBOL

Answer 1

Ada - (1979-1980 created by the US Department of Defense) for programming embedded systems.

Cobol (COmmon Business Oriented Language) - (the first version was released in 1959), designed for the development of business applications.

Pascal (named after Blaise Pascal) - (1970) is a purely procedural programming language, often used to teach structural programming.

Fortran (FORmula TRANslator) - (1954-1957 IBM) is widely used primarily for scientific and engineering calculations.

Answer: B. FORTRAN