COBOL

'And what name do you want inscribed?'I said, 'I'll write it for you.' I wrote the name down: COBOL.'What kind of name is that?''Well it's a Polish name. We shortened it and got rid of a lot of unnecessary notation.'Howard Bromberg on how he bought the COBOL tombstoneCOBOL is an industry language and is not the property of any company or group of companies, or of any organization or group of organizations.Anonymous, June 1960The Jargon File 4.4.8.