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computer language

American  
[kuhm-pyoo-ter lang-gwij] / kəmˈpyu tər ˌlæŋ gwɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a programming language, as BASIC, COBOL, or FORTRAN, devised for communicating instructions to a computer.


computer language British  

noun

  1. another term for programming language

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of computer language

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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In 2011, at the University of Virginia, he co-created a stripped-down computer language that could be learned by students in a week.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

It hasn’t helped that the agency has such outdated information technology systems that it sometimes uses a 1960s-era computer language for data processing and stores information on magnetic tapes in warehouses.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022

If you actually look at the technologies that banks run on, we’re talking about COBOL, which is a computer language from the ’70s.

From The Verge • Apr. 6, 2021

He taught from 1954 to 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley, where he led research into computer language.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2017

While there was somewhat of a language barrier when they spoke, the computer language was a common denominator, and they all spoke that fluently.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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