:''This article is about the early computer language Short Code. For the use of this term in connection with telecommunications, see [[Short code]]''.
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Short Code was the predecessor to [[Speedcoding]], which extended Short Code by allowing for floating point calculations, and providing code representation for the four calculation operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division). [[Grace Murray Hopper]] cites it as an influence on her early [[compiler]] work.<ref name=hopl/>
