Associations to the word «Cobol»

Wiktionary

COBOL, proper noun. A programming language developed in the late 1950s especially for business applications.
COBOL, proper noun. A programming language developed in the late 1950s especially for business applications.

Dictionary definition

COBOL, noun. Common business-oriented language.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats