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Which Americal Naval Staff was instrumental in creating COBOL?

  1. IBM Smith

  2. Grace Hopper

  3. Charles Babbage

  4. Mckay Neilson
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Explanation

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper was a pioneering computer scientist who worked on the UNIVAC I and played a crucial role in the development of COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language). She created FLOW-MATIC, which influenced COBOL's design, and was instrumental in standardizing the language while working with the Department of Defense. The typo "Americal" should be "American".

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