COBOL
5 letters
Historical clue formulations
- Language created in 1959 — 2015-11-28
- Computer language in Y2K news — 2009-05-27
- Cousin of Fortran — 2005-10-30
- Some programs are written in it — 2003-11-21
- Old programming language — 2003-01-12
- Early computer language — 2002-05-29
- Language linked to the Y2K problem — 2000-12-15
- Computer language — 1999-03-17
- Some computer programs are written in it — 1997-10-01
