programming language

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: pro‧gram‧ming lan‧guage

Noun

programming language (plural programming languages)

2. (programming) A 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
• 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 (ja) (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 (zabon-i barnomasozi)
• 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