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high-level language
noun
, Computers.
- 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
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of high-level language1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
The entire machine does not speak or understand an interface's high-level language.
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