low-level language

English

Noun

low-level language (plural low-level languages)

1. (programming) A computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language, containing no provisions for portability between architectures.

Related terms

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

Translations

computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a computer architecture's assembly language

• Finnish: matalan tason kieli
• Greek: γλώσσα χαμηλού επιπέδου (el) f (glóssa chamiloú epipédou)
• Japanese: 低級言語 (ていきゅうげんご, teikyūgengo), 低水準言語 (ていすいじゅんげんご, teisuijungengo)
• Swedish: lågnivåspråk n

See also

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