programming language

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹæmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/ enPR: prō'grămîng lāngwĕj

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• Hyphenation: pro‧gram‧ming lan‧guage

Noun

programming language (plural programming languages)

1. (programming) Code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.

   Synonyms: computer language, computing language

   Hypernym: language

Hyponyms

according to category

• agent-oriented language
• array language
• aspect-oriented language
• assembly language
• asynchronous language
• atomic language
• authoring language
• automata-based language
• back-end language
• built-in language
• capability-based language
• C-based language
• class-based language
• cloud-based language
• command-line interface language
• compiled language
• concurrent language
• curly-brace language
• curly-bracket language
• database language
• data-driven language
• dataflow-based language
• dataflow language
• data-oriented language
• data-structured language
• decision table language
• declarative language
• delegation language
• disk language
• distributed database language
• distributed language
• dual-paradigm language
• dynamically-typed language
• dynamic language
• embeddable language
• embedded language
• event-driven language
• fourth-generation language
• front-end language
• functional language
• fuzzy language
• guest language
• hardware description language
• imperative language
• in-memory language
• interactive mode language
• interpreted language
• iterative language
• library language
• list-based language
• logical language
• logic-based language
• logic language
• machine language
• macro language
• mainframe language
• mathematical language
• metaprogramming language
• micro-controller language
• middleware language
• mobile language
• multi-paradigm language
• multiprogramming language
• multi-tasking language
• multi-user language
• network language
• non-Unix Operating System
• object-based language
• object-oriented language
• off-side rule language
• pattern language
• procedural language
• proprietary language
• prototype-based language
• real-time language
• real-time multiprogramming language
• reflective language
• role-oriented language
• rule-based language
• safety-critical language
• scripting language
• security-evaluated language
• security-focused language
• single-paradigm language
• single-tasking language
• single-user language
• stack-based language
• statically-typed language
• static language
• subject-oriented language
• synchronous language
• synchronous language
• syntax handling language
• templated language
• textual substitution macro language
• time-sharing language
• time-sharing RSTS language
• trusted language
• Unix-like language
• visual language
• Web language
• wirth language
• XML-based language

 

programming languages

• A
• A
• A++
• ABC ALGOL
• ALGOL
• Angular.JS
• assembler
• BASIC
• C
• C--
• C++
• CHILL
• Clipper
• Clojure
• COBOL
• D
• ECMAScript
• Eiffel
• Forth
• Fortran
• Fox Base
• Fox Pro
• Franz Lisp
• GW-BASIC
• Harbour
• Haskell
• HyperTalk
• J
• J#
• J++
• JADE
• Java
• JavaScript
• Joule
• JOVIAL
• Joy
• JScript
• L
• LabVIEW
• Lava
• Lisp
• Logo
• Lua
• Lynx
• M#
• MATLAB
• Miranda
• Modula
• MUMPS
• Objective-C
• Objective-J
• Object Lisp
• ObjectLOGO
• OpenCL
• Pascal
• Perl
• PHP
• PL/I
• PL/SQL
• Prolog
• Python
• R
• R++
• RPG
• Ruby
• Scala
• Self
• Seph
• Smalltalk
• SQL
• Tcl
• T-SQL
• Turbo C++
• Turbo Pascal
• Turbo Prolog
• Visual J#
• Visual J++
• Visual Objects
• Visual Prolog
• X
• X++
• YQL
• Zebra

 

Translations

code of reserved words and symbols

• Afrikaans: programmeertaal
• Albanian: gjuhë programimi f
• Alemannic German: Programmiersprache f
• Amharic: የፕሮግራም ቋንቋ (yäprogram ḳʷanḳʷa)
• Arabic: لُغَة بَرْمَجَة f (luḡat barmaja)
• Aragonese: luengache de programazión m
• Armenian: ծրագրավորման լեզու (cragravorman lezu)
• Asturian: llinguaxe de programación f
• Azerbaijani: proqramlaşdırma dilləri
• Basque: programazio-lengoaia
• Belarusian: мо́ва праграмава́ння f (móva prahramavánnja)
• Bengali: প্রোগ্রামিং ভাষা (prōgramiṅ bhaśa)
• Bulgarian: ези́к за програми́ране m (ezík za programírane), програ́мен ези́к m (prográmen ezík)
• Catalan: llenguatge de programació f
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: [script needed] (thêng-sek gí-giân)

  Mandarin: 程序設計語言／程序设计语言 (chéngxù shèjì yǔyán), 計算機語言／计算机语言 (jìsuànjī yǔyán), 編程語言／编程语言 (zh) (biānchéng yǔyán), (Taiwan) 程式設計語言／程式设计语言 (chéngshì shèjì yǔyán)

• Czech: programovací jazyk m
• Danish: programmeringssprog n
• Dutch: programmeertaal (nl) f
• Esperanto: programlingvo
• Estonian: programmeerimiskeel
• Faroese: forritanarmál n
• Finnish: ohjelmointikieli (fi)
• French: langage de programmation (fr) m
• Galician: linguaxe de programación f
• Georgian: პროგრამირების ენა (ṗrogramirebis ena), პროგრამული ენა (ṗrogramuli ena)
• German: Programmiersprache (de) f
• Greek: γλώσσα προγραμματισμού (el) f (glóssa programmatismoú)
• Hebrew: שְׁפַת תִּכְנוּת (he) f (s'fat tikhnút)
• Hindi: क्रमादेशन भाषा f (kramādeśan bhāṣā), प्रोग्रामिंग भाषा (progrāmiṅg bhāṣā)
• Hungarian: programozási nyelv (hu)
• Icelandic: forritunarmál n
• Ilocano: lengguahe ti panangprograma
• Indonesian: bahasa pemrograman (id)
• Interlingua: linguage de programmation
• Irish: teanga ríomhchlárúcháin f, teanga ríomhaire f, teanga ríomhaireachta f
• Italian: linguaggio di programmazione (it) m
• Japanese: プログラミング言語 (ja) (puroguramingu gengo), プログラム言語 (puroguramu gengo)
• Kazakh: бағдарламалық тілдер (bağdarlamalyq tılder)
• Khmer: ភាសាគណិតូបករណ៍ (phea sar kak net tob kor), ភាសាកុំព្យូទ័រ (phea sar kom pyuu ter)
• Korean: 프로그래밍 언어 (peurogeuraeming eoneo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: zimanê bernamekirinê (ku)

• Latin: lingua programmandi f
• Latvian: programmēšanas valoda f
• Lithuanian: programavimo kalba (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Programméiersprooch n
• Macedonian: програмски јазик m (programski jazik)
• Malay: bahasa pengaturcaraan
• Malayalam: പ്രോഗ്രാമിംഗ് ഭാഷ (prōgrāmiṅgŭ bhāṣa)
• Mongolian: програмчлалын хэл (programčlalyn xel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: programmeringsspråk (no) n

  Nynorsk: programmeringsspråk n

• Persian: زبان برنامه‌نویسی (zabân-e barnâme-nevisi), زبانهای برنامهنویسی
• Polish: język programowania (pl) m
• Portuguese: linguagem de programação (pt) f
• Romanian: limbaj de programare n
• Russian: язы́к программи́рования (ru) m (jazýk programmírovanija)
• Scots: programmin leid
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: програмски језик m

  Roman: programski jezik m

• Slovak: programovací jazyk m
• Slovene: programski jezik m
• Spanish: lenguaje de programación (es) m
• Sundanese: basa program
• Swedish: programmeringsspråk (sv), programspråk (sv) n
• Tagalog: programa lingwahi, wikang pamprograma
• Tajik: забони барномасозӣ (zaboni barnomasozī)
• Tamil: ஆணைமூலம் (āṇaimūlam)
• Telugu: ప్రోగ్రామింగు భాష (prōgrāmiṅgu bhāṣa)
• Thai: ภาษาโปรแกรม (th) (paasăa bprohgraem)
• Turkish: programlama dili (tr)
• Ukrainian: мо́ва програмува́ння f (móva prohramuvánnja)
• Upper Sorbian: programěrowanska rěč f
• Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ lập trình (vi)
• Volapük: kompütapük
• Yakut: программалааһын тыла (programmalaahın tıla)

Further reading

• programming language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia