language A columnar format third generation programminglanguage similar in layout to assembler and used for

transaction processing, solely on the Honeywell Bull

TPS6 database/transaction management system on their Level

6 DPS6 minicomputers running under the GCOS6 operatingsystem. In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities

and the Ministry of Defense. Being proprietary technology,

its popularity waned with the introduction of open systems

standards, relational databases and fourth generationlanguages but it is believed that some systems made it

through Y2K.