Programming Languages:
* FORTRAN (1957): One of the earliest high-level programming languages, designed for scientific and engineering applications.
* COBOL (1959): A business-oriented language designed for handling large amounts of data.
* LISP (1958): A functional programming language influential in artificial intelligence.
* ALGOL (1958): A language that influenced many subsequent programming languages, including Pascal and C.
Natural Languages:
* Esperanto (1887): While technically created in the late 19th century, Esperanto gained significant popularity in the early 20th century as a planned auxiliary language.
* Interlingua (1951): A constructed language designed to be easily understood by speakers of various Romance languages.
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