b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nCOBOL\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nCOBOL (angl. Common Business Oriented Language) \xe2\x80\x93 programavimo kalba, sukurta 1959-1960 metais daugiausiai finansini\xc5\xb3 u\xc5\xbedavini\xc5\xb3 sprendimui._NEWLINE_Kalbos specifikacija prad\xc4\x97ta kurti 1959 met\xc5\xb3 gegu\xc5\xbe\xc4\x97s m\xc4\x97nes\xc4\xaf, patvirtinta 1960 met\xc5\xb3 saus\xc4\xaf. Per pus\xc4\x99 met\xc5\xb3 buvo sukurtos priemon\xc4\x97s programavimui \xc5\xa1ia kalba, kuria para\xc5\xa1ytos programos vis dar naudojamos kai kuriose finansin\xc4\x97se institucijose._NEWLINE_Cobol kalba tur\xc4\x97jo \xc5\xbeymi\xc5\xb3 tr\xc5\xabkum\xc5\xb3, palyginus su \xc5\xa1iuolaikin\xc4\x97m kalbom \xe2\x80\x93 netur\xc4\x97jo lokali\xc5\xb3 kintam\xc5\xb3j\xc5\xb3, rekursijos, dinaminio atminties i\xc5\xa1skyrimo, strukt\xc5\xabrinio programavimo po\xc5\xbeymi\xc5\xb3.\n_START_SECTION_\nKodo pavyzdys\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\n000100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION._NEWLINE_000200 PROGRAM-ID.     HELLOWORLD._NEWLINE_000300 DATE-WRITTEN.   02/05/96        21:04._NEWLINE_000400*       AUTHOR    BRIAN COLLINS_NEWLINE_000500 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION._NEWLINE_000600 CONFIGURATION SECTION._NEWLINE_000700 SOURCE-COMPUTER. RM-COBOL._NEWLINE_000800 OBJECT-COMPUTER. RM-COBOL._NEWLINE_000900_NEWLINE_001000 DATA DIVISION._NEWLINE_001100 FILE SECTION._NEWLINE_001200_NEWLINE_100000 PROCEDURE DIVISION._NEWLINE_100100_NEWLINE_100200 MAIN-LOGIC SECTION._NEWLINE_100300 BEGIN._NEWLINE_100400     DISPLAY " " LINE 1 POSITION 1 ERASE EOS._NEWLINE_100500     DISPLAY "SVEIKAS, PASAULI." LINE 15 POSITION 10._NEWLINE_100600     STOP RUN._NEWLINE_100700 MAIN-LOGIC-EXIT._NEWLINE_100800     EXIT.'