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

{{Infobox programming language

| name = Short Code

| paradigm =

| released = {{Start date|1950}}

| developer = William F Schmidt, A.B. Tonik, J.R. Logan

| influenced by = [[ENIAC Short Code]]

| influenced = [[Intermediate Programming Language]], [[OMNIBAC Symbolic Assembler]]

}}

'''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.