computer language
Americannoun
noun
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It hasn’t helped that the agency has such outdated information technology systems that it sometimes uses a 1960s-era computer language for data processing and stores information on magnetic tapes in warehouses.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
Block languages cut out the need to memorize commands, which vary depending on the computer language, because the block “is read just the way you think about it,” Dr. Garcia said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 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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