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Programming

Language
Programming Language

• A programming language is a computer language that is used


by programmers (developers) to communicate with computers.
It is a set of instructions written in any specific language ( C, C++,
Java, Python) to perform a specific task.
• A programming language is mainly used to develop desktop
applications, websites, and mobile applications.

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Types of programming language
• Low-level programming language( Machine Language)

• Middle Level Language (Assembly Language)

• High Level Language( Java, Ruby, Pascal, PHP etc.)

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Low-level programming language
• Low-level language is machine-dependent (0s and 1s) programming
language. The processor runs low- level programs directly without the need of
a compiler or interpreter, so the programs written in low-level language can be
run very fast. Machine language is easier to read because it is normally
displayed in binary or hexadecimal form (base 16) form. It does not require a
translator to convert the programs because computers directly understand the
machine language programs.
• The advantage of machine language is that it helps the programmer to execute
the programs faster than the high-level programming language.
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Middle-level programming language
• Assembly language (ASM) is also a type of middle-level programming
language that is designed for specific processors. It represents the set
of instructions in a symbolic and human-understandable form. It
uses an assembler to convert the assembly language to machine
language. The advantage of assembly language is that it requires less
memory and less execution time to execute a program.

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High-level programming language
• High-level programming language (HLL) is designed for developing
user-friendly software programs and websites. This programming
language requires a compiler or interpreter to translate the program into
machine language (execute the program).
• The main advantage of a high-level language is that it is easy to read,
write, and maintain.
• High-level programming language includes Python, Java, JavaScript,
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What is Compiler
• A compiler is a language translator that converts high level programs
into machine understandable machine codes. In this process, the
compiler converts the whole program to machine code at a time. If there
are any syntactic or semantic error, the compiler will indicate them. It
checks the whole program and displays all errors. It is not possible to
execute the program without fixing those errors. Programming
languages such as C, C++ uses a compiler for language conversion. The
execution time is lower in these languages. Therefore, they are
considered fast languages.
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What is Interpreter
• An interpreter is also a language translator that converts high level
programs into machine codes. Unlike compilers, interpreters convert the
source code to machine code line by line. As it checks line by line, the
scanning time is lower. But the overall execution time is higher.
• Interpreter displays an error at a time. The programmer should fix that
error to interpret the next line. Programming languages such as Python,
Ruby, PHP, Perl are some examples of interpreter-based languages.

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What is Assembler
• In addition to high level languages and machine language, there is
another language called the assembly language. Assembly language is in
between the high level languages and machine language. It is closer to
machine language than high level languages. It is also called low level
language. This language is not easily readable and understandable by
the programmer like a high level programming language. The assembler
works as the translator in converting the assembly language program to
machine code.
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