programing language

1. (computer science) a language designed for programming computers (synset 106911128)
   referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
   is a type of: artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
   subtypes:

   • algorithmic language - an artificial language designed to express algorithms
   • assembly language - a low-level programing language; close approximation to machine language
   • computer language, computer-oriented language, machine language, machine-oriented language - a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
   • multidimensional language - a programming language whose expressions are assembled in more than one dimension
   • object language, target language - a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
   • object-oriented programing language, object-oriented programming language - (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure
   • one-dimensional language - a programming language whose expressions are represented by strings of characters
   • stratified language - a language that cannot be used as its own metalanguage
   • unstratified language - a programming language that (like natural language) can be used as its own metalanguage
   • lisp, list-processing language - a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists
   • logic programing, logic programming, prolog - a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing
   • cobol - common business-oriented language
   • c - a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
   • basic - a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
   • pascal - a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach
   same as: programming language

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