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.

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computer language British  

noun

1. another term for programming language

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Etymology

Origin of computer language

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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It hasn’t helped that the agency has such outdated information technology systems that it sometimes uses a 1960s-era computer language for data processing and stores information on magnetic tapes in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

It has all been leading, gradually and imperceptibly, to a world in which we no longer have to speak computer language, because computers will speak human language—not perfectly, but well enough to get by.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2016

Using `+' or `plus'    to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the    ELIZA effect.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.