Short Code(SHORTCODE) A {pseudocode} {interpreter} for mathematics problems, designed by {John Mauchly} in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's {BINAC} 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)