Programming Language

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Programming Language


A set of words, symbols, instructions and commands  used to write a computer program is called a programming language. The computer programs are written in programming languages.


Programmer:

The person who develops a computer program is called a programmer.

Programming Languages (Types):

Basically there are two types of programming languages:
  1. Low Level Languages
  2. High Level Languages

1.Low Level Languages:

The languages near to computer hardware and far from human languages are known as low level languages. These are further divided into two more categories:
  • Machine Language
  • Assembly Language
a) Machine Language:
In machine language instructions are written in binary form.These languages are machine dependent and difficult to understand.
b) Assembly Language:
Assembly Language is one step higher than machine language  and instructions are written  in English like words known as mnemonics.

2.High Level Languages:

The languages near to human languages and far from machine languages are known as High Level Languages. These are easy to understand because instructions of these languages are written in English like words such as print and input.

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