A computer language is a means of communication used to communicate between people and the computer. with the help of a computer language a programmer instructs a computer what it to do.
All computer languages have a vocabulary has definite unambiguous meaning which can be looked up in the manual meant for that language. Hence, each symbol of a computer language is used to tell the computer to do a particular job.
The symbols of a particular computer language must also be used as per set rules which are know as the syntax rules of the language.
Programming Languages have improved throughout the years just as computer hardware has improved. they have progressed from machine oriented language that use strings of binary 1s and os to problem oriented languages that use common mathematical and /or English terms. all computer language can be classified in the following four broad categorie-
(1) Machine Language
(2) Assembly Language
(3) High-level Language
(4) Fourth Generation Language
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