When high-level languages were originally conceived in the 1950s,they were dubbed ____-generation languages.
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth

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High-level languages were first developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The first high-level programming language was FORTRAN, developed at IBM by John Backus and his team during the late 1950s. The term "third-generation language" (3GL) is often used to describe high-level languages developed during this time, as they were preceded by assembly language (first-generation) and machine language (second-generation). The term "fourth-generation language" (4GL) was later introduced to describe specialized languages for database manipulation and report generation. However, the original high-level languages were considered to be third-generation.

When High-Level Languages Were Originally Conceived in the 1950s,they Were