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{{about|the early computer language Short Code|the use of this term in connection with telecommunications|Short code}}

'''Short Code''' was one of the first higher-level languages ever developed for an [[electronic computer]].<ref name=Sebesta>Sebesta, W.S Concepts of Programming languages. 2006;M6 14:18 pp.44. ISBN# 0-321-33025-0</ref> Unlike [[machine code]], Short Code statements represented mathematic expressions rather than a machine instruction.

==History==

Short Code was proposed by [[John Mauchly]] in 1949 and originally known as Brief Code. William Schmitt implemented a version of Brief Code in 1949 for the [[BINAC]] computer, though it was never debugged and tested. The following year Schmitt implemented a new version of Brief Code for the [[Univac]] I where it was now known as Short Code (also Short Order Code). A revised version of Short Code was developed in 1952 for the Univac II by A. B. Tonik and J. R Logan.<ref>Schmitt, William F. The UNIVAC SHORT CODE. Annals of the History of Computing (1988) 10:pages 7-8</ref>

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Along with basic [[arithmetic]], Short Code allowed for branching and calls to a library of functions. The language was [[interpreter (computing)|interpreted]] and ran about 50 times slower than [[machine code]].<ref> Malik, Masud Ahmad. Evolution of the High Level Programming Languages: A Critical Perspective. ACM SIGPLAN Notices (December 1998) 33(12) page 74.</ref>

== See also ==

[[History of programming languages]]

== Notes ==

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==References==

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* Wexelblat, Richard L. (Ed.) (1981). <em>History of Programming Languages</em>, p. 9. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-745040-8

* Murdoch, Short Code (HOPL) [http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage.prx?exp=2707&language=SHORT%20CODE]