Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high-level language

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: high--level lan-guage
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From high-level + language.

Inflected Forms

high-level languages (plural)

Phrases

computer architecture instruction set

Frequently Paired Words

assembler bytecode compiler computer architecture instruction set HLL intermediate language low-level language

Questions

What does high-level language mean?: 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.
Where does high-level language come from?: From high-level + language.

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