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cobol

UK //ˈkəʊbɒl//US //ˈkoʊbɑːl//

词源

COBOL是Common Business-Oriented Language的缩写,由美国国防部于1959年开发,旨在用于商业数据处理。

noun

❶ COBOL是一种面向商业的编程语言,全称为Common Business-Oriented Language,主要用于商业数据处理和金融系统开发。

“Many legacy banking systems are still written in COBOL.”

(许多传统的银行系统仍然是用COBOL编写的。)

“Learning COBOL can be beneficial for maintaining older financial software.”

(学习COBOL有助于维护较旧的金融软件。)

同义词:business language, legacy code, financial programming language

常见短语

COBOL programmer — 指专门编写和维护COBOL代码的程序员,通常在金融或政府机构工作。

“A COBOL programmer is in high demand for maintaining old banking systems.”

(维护旧银行系统的COBOL程序员需求很大。)