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Which language was aimed at commercial data processing?

COBOL.

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  1. COBOL ✔
  2. Fortran
  3. Lisp

Why: COBOL was aimed at commercial data processing.

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COBOL means business when it comes to data.
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Answer: COBOL. COBOL was aimed at commercial data processing.

  1. Computer programming en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming
    COBOL aimed at commercial data processing
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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