A computer language that provides a level of abstraction from the underlying machine language. Statements in a high-level language generally use keywords similar to English and translate into more than one machine-language instruction. In practice, every computer language above assembly language is a high-level language.
A problem-oriented programming language in which each instruction may be equivalent to several machine-code instructions.
An application-oriented programming language, as distinguished from a machine-oriented programming language. The instruction approach is closer to the needs of the problems to be solved than it is to the language of the machine on which it is to be run. Examples are Ada, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Lisp and Pascal.
A programming language, such as C, that crudely resembles human language.
A computer programming language that is primarily designed for, and syntactically oriented to, particular classes of problems and that is essentially independent of the structure of a specific computer or class of computers; for example, Ada7, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal.
a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run
a computer program that translates humanly understandable words and symbols into the machine language of the particular make and model of computer
a language in which its vocabulary of constructs closely match and model the vocabulary of the problem domain
a programming language that creates another layer of abstraction between the underlying hardware and the software layer
A programming language which is not a low-level language.
Any of several problem-oriented computer programming language in which English-style instruction correspond to several machine language instructions. See C, C+, C++, COBOL, compiler, Pascal.
Any programming language that tries to look like plain English so it is easier for humans to understand. Unfortunately, a computer cannot understand it unless it is compiled into machine language. See also low-level language. Examples of High-level languages are: C/C++, Pascal, Fortran, Cobol, Ada etc.
A class of programming languages that is closer to natural language and easier to work with than a low-level language.
A programming language like Python that is designed to be easy for humans to read and write.
A programming language that expresses operations as mathematical or logical relationships, which the language's compiler then converts into machine code. This contrasts with assembly language, in which the program is written directly as a sequence of explicit microprocessor instructions. Basic, C, COBOL, and FORTRAN are examples of high-level languages. See “assembly language,” “compiler.
a programming language which provides some level of abstraction above assembly language; normally use statements consisting of English-like words where each statement corresponds to several machine language instructions
programming: Programming languages that are closer to natural speech such as HyperTalk and BASIC. They are easier to program but often result in bulky, slower programs.
A programming language that is more like English than it is like assembly language, and thus easier to use in writing programs. Compiler and interpreter languages are all high-level languages.
A programming language, such as RPG, COBOL, and C, used to write computer programs.
A program to allow simplified creation of other programs. High-level languages allow specification of computer action through much smaller (and easier-to-read) steps than assembly-level code, by defining specific ‘Instructionsâ€(tm) in low-level machine code. Examples include BASIC, C, & Pascal.
A computer language, such as Visual Basic, that can simplify coding by enabling programmers to write code with highly developed functions and keywords. See also low-level language.
Programming language which is not tied to a particular kind of computer. FORTRAN, BASIC, PASCAL, etc. are examples of high-level languages.
Relatively sophisticated computer language that allows users to employ a notation with which they are already familiar. For example: COBOL (business), ALGOL (mathematical and scientific), FORTRAN, BASIC, Java, and Visual Basic.
The language in which the end-user writes programs. These languages usually allow programming in English-type statements such as 'goto' or 'next' and are developed to allow users to consider the problems in hand rather than worrying about correct addressing of the microprocessor. Machine language is the final target language and is controlled by a structure of high-level language controlling intermediate languages. In effect this is a layered operation: the user says what he or she wants in plain terms, the high-level language translates that into compiler, the compiler issues instructions to assembler which generates machine code.
A language with instructions that combine several machine-level instructions into one instruction. (Compare with machine language or low-level language.)
Computer programming language the utilizes the English language in order to facilitate the writing of a computer program.
programming language that is easier for programmer to use rather than easier for computer to use; considered third-generation programming languages (3GL).
