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high-level language

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  • noun programming A programming language, requiring a compiler to translate into a form a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory.

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  • noun a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run

Etymologies

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high +‎ level +‎ language

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. application-oriented language
  2. problem-oriented language

relateds (5)

relateds

  1. HLL
  2. assembly language
  3. intermediate language
  4. low-level language
  5. machine language

cross-references (5)

Cross-references

  1. assembler
  2. bytecode
  3. compiler
  4. computer architecture
  5. instruction set

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