Early programming language
The crossword clue "Early programming language" is answered by COBOL, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COBOL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COBOL answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- FORTRAN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for COBOL
Every other clue in this collection answered by COBOL, most used first.
- Computer language - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Early computer language - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Computer programming language - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
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