high-level language

noun

, Computers.

1. a problem-oriented programming language, as COBOL, FORTRAN, or PL/1, that uses English-like statements and symbols to create sequences of computer instructions and identify memory locations, rather than the machine-specific individual instruction codes and numerical addresses employed by machine language.

high-level language

noun

1. a computer programming language that resembles natural language or mathematical notation and is designed to reflect the requirements of a problem; examples include Ada, BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal See also machine code

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-level language¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The entire machine does not speak or understand an interface's high-level language.

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