| COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language | 通用商业语言 |
| COBOL | Common Business-Oriented Language | 通用业务导向语言 |
| COBOL | Completely Over and Beyond Obvious Logic | 完全超越明显逻辑 |
| COBOL | Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language | 完全过时的面向业务的语言 |
| COBOL | Cannot Operate Because Of Limitations | 由于限制而无法操作 |
| COBOL | Confusion Oriented Bastard Of a Language | 一种语言中以困惑为导向的混蛋 |
| COBOL | Compiles Only By Odd Luck | 仅按奇数运气编译 |
| COBOL | COmmon Business Operating Language | C通用业务操作语言 |
| COBOL | Crappy Obsolete Boring Old Language | 蹩脚的过时无聊的旧语言 |
| COBOL | Completely Obsolete Burdensome Old Language | 完全过时的累赘的旧语言 |
| COBOL | Completely Obsolete Business-Oriented Language | 完全过时的面向业务的语言 |