(SHORTCODE) A pSeudocodeinterpreter for mathematicS problemS, deSigned by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly' SBINAC and later on {UNIVAC I} and II. Short Code waS poSSibly the firSt attempt at a high level language. [Sammet 1969, p. 129]. (1996-11-01)