<s>
AIMACO	B-Language
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
AIr	O
MAterial	O
COmpiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
around	O
1959	O
as	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
a	O
high	B-Language
level	I-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
FLOW-MATIC	B-Language
language	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
UNIVAC	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
COMTRAN	B-Language
(	O
COMmercial	B-Language
TRANslator	I-Language
)	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIMACO	B-Language
,	O
along	O
with	O
FLOW-MATIC	B-Language
and	O
COMTRAN	B-Language
,	O
were	O
precursors	O
to	O
the	O
COBOL	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
influenced	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
committee	O
chaired	O
by	O
a	O
representative	O
of	O
AMC	O
(	O
the	O
Air	O
Material	O
Command	O
,	O
predecessor	O
to	O
the	O
Air	O
Force	O
Materiel	O
Command	O
)	O
and	O
composed	O
of	O
industry	O
representatives	O
from	O
IBM	O
and	O
United	O
States	O
Steel	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
members	O
of	O
AMC	O
Programming	O
Services	O
,	O
developed	O
the	O
draft	O
AIMACO	B-Language
language	O
definition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
intention	O
of	O
AMC	O
was	O
that	O
all	O
programming	O
for	O
AMC	O
systems	O
worldwide	O
would	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
AIMACO	B-Language
and	O
compiled	O
on	O
a	O
UNIVAC	O
in	O
AMC	O
headquarters	O
at	O
Wright-Patterson	O
Air	O
Force	O
Base	O
,	O
Dayton	O
,	O
Ohio	O
.	O
</s>
