Short Code, also known as Shortcode or SHORT-CODE, is an early high-level programming language developed for the BINAC computer in 1949 by John Mauchly and later extended for the UNIVAC I by William Schmitt in 1950. Short Code was one of the first languages for electronic computers to be actually implemented, allowing mathematical equations to be entered in a semi-algebraic notation rather than machine code, though every statement had to be interpreted at execution time rather than compiled.
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First Released SignificanceOne of the first higher-level languages developed for an electronic computer 2 Connections
Invented
Source Wikidata: Short Code
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1. Wikidata: Short Code
- Wikidata Q2566011, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q2566011 P571 (inception)
- Invented: John Mauchly, Wikidata Q2566011 P178 (developer) claim -> Q522162 (John Mauchly); computing atlas pioneer entity 265825, checked 2026-09-28
View the Source2. Short Code (computer language)
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1950
Wikidata, programming paradigm (P3966)
procedural programming
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Short Code was one of the first higher-level languages developed for an electronic computer.
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