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/ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
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/ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
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ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ
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ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ
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Noun
A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.
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Font and computer-imaging technologies are arcane, and experts at the conference said that for the average user, a choice is often synonymous with confusion. “I really don’t see how creating another level of programming language is going to help the end user,” said Ajit Kapoor, a print industry consultant from Marshfield, Mass.
Even the first version of Windows 95, shipped in August 1995, had programming language from Explorer embedded in the operating system. […] Using the add-remove feature in Windows, Microsoft says, deletes only about 3 percent of programming language in Explorer, removing the icon for opening the browsing program and little more.
The Java language allows the writing of applications as a collection of small chunks of programming language called objects.
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Not being, well, dead, I don’t much enjoy that pileup of Latinate abstractions, despite their supple cadences and dense sound effects. I’m pretty sure [Ryan] Ruby designed that bit to mimic the denatured feel of programming language. It doesn’t matter if I follow every word. Not all poetry wants to achieve the same things; this too is something language — poetic language — can do.
Noun
(computer science) a language designed for programming computers
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