Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Screenwrite
A columnar format {third generation programming
language} 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} {operating
system}. 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 generation
languages} but it is believed that some systems made it
through {Y2K}.
[Dates?]
(2003-05-15)