Computer language

A computer language is a language used by, or in association with, computers. Often, the term is used synonymously with programming language, but in general a computer language need not be a programming language.

Related Topics:
Language - Computer - Programming language

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It is understood that markup languages like HTML are generally not held to be programming languages, but they are computer languages.

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Markup language - HTML

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In general, as with any other kind of language, a computer language is created wherever there is a need to communicate some information from one entity to another.

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Programming languages foster the communication of programs among programmers and computers; markup languages communicate the formatting or structure of documents among humans and computers; and so on.

Related Topics:
Programming language - Program - Markup language - Document

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