Info not erased when power is off. Disk and related media.
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COBOL
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Grace Hopper 1959
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Common Features of languages
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Variables, logic, input/output, math
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Ada Lovelace
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Daughter of Lord Byron, wrote the first computer program. Algorithm to compute Bernoulli numbers
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Volatile
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Erased when power is turned off. Memory.
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FORTRAN
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First widely used language, finished in 1957. Formula Translation
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Byte code
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Java. Interpreted by a run-time execution program.
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Interpreted Language
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Translated into machine language one line/statement at a time while the program is running. Can save time by skipping the compiling step. Commonly used for smaller tasks.
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Compiled/Executable Language
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Everything is done ahead of time and then is executed at some point later in time. Errors are checked ahead of time.