What is computer language?
- The language developed specifically to communicate to the computer is called computer language.
- Computer languages are categorized into two main categories.
- High level language
- Low level language
- What is high level language?
- High level language: It is a programming language oriented towards the problem to be solved or the procedures to be used.
- Some high level programming languages are:
- COBOL – Commercial language
- ALGOL, FORTRAN – Scientific language
- PL/1, BASIC, PASCAL – Multipurpose language
- PROG, RPG, LISP – Procedural language
- What is low level language?
- Low level language: It is a machine oriented programming language. In this language, each instruction corresponds to or resembles a machine instruction.