high-level language

See also: high level language

English

Etymology

high-level +‎ language

Noun

high-level language (plural high-level languages)

1. (programming) A programming language requiring a compiler to translate it into a form that a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory.

Related terms

• intermediate language
• low-level language
• assembly language
• machine language
• HLL

Translations

user-friendly programming language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高階語言／高阶语言 (zh) (gāojiē yǔyán) (Taiwan), 高级语言 (zh) (gāojí yǔyán) (Mainland China)

• Finnish: korkean tason kieli
• French: langage de haut niveau m
• German: hōhere Programmiersprache f
• Hebrew: שָׂפָה עִלִּית f (safá 'ilít), שְׂפַת־עָל (s'fát 'ál)
• Icelandic: æðra forritunarmál n, hámál n
• Irish: teanga ardleibhéil f
• Japanese: 高級言語 (kōkyūgengo), 高水準言語 (kōsuijun-gengo)
• Korean: 고급 언어(高級言語) (gogeup eoneo)
• Portuguese: linguagem de alto nível f
• Romanian: limbaj de nivel înalt n
• Russian: высокоу́ровневый язы́к программи́рования m (vysokoúrovnevyj jazýk programmírovanija)
• Spanish: lenguaje de alto nivel m
• Swedish: högnivåspråk n

See also

• compiler
• assembler
• computer architecture
• instruction set
• bytecode