programming language

noun

plural programming languages

: any of various languages (see language sense 1c) used to create computer programs

Programming languages are the foundation of software development, allowing developers to create applications, websites, and systems through computer-understandable instructions.

—geeksforgeeks.org

Most software engineers do far more than churn out code, designing products, choosing programming languages, troubleshooting problems and gathering feedback from users.

—Steve Lohr

Maintaining the system is getting harder because it relies on a computer programming language (COBOL) that fewer and fewer programmers know.

—David Zubler

compare assembly language, machine language, natural language sense 2

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for programming language

• interlanguage
• metalanguage