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{{Short description|Formal language usedfor tocommunicating design,with develop and make use ofa computer systems}}

A '''computer language''' is a [[formal language]] usedfor humans to [[communication|communicate]] with a [[computer]]; not a [[natural language]]. TypesIn earlier days of computer[[computing]] (before the 1980s), the term was used interchangeably with [[programming language]], but today, used primarily for [[taxonomy]], is a broader term that encompasses languages that are not programming in nature. Sub-categories (with possibly contended hierarchical relationships) include:

* [[software construction|Construction]]

* [[Software construction#Construction languages|Construction language]] – all forms of communication by which a human can [[Computer programming|specify an executable problem solution to a computer]]

** [[CommandProgramming language|Programming]] – afor language used to control the tasks of thecontrolling computer itself, such as starting programsbehavior

*** [[Command language|Command]] – for controlling the tasks of a computer, such as starting programs

** [[Configuration file#Configuration languages|Configuration language]] – a language used to write [[configuration files]]

*** [[Query language|Query]] – for [[Information retrieval|querying]] [[databases]] and [[information systems]]

** [[Programming language]] – a formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer

*** [[QueryTransformation language|Transformation]] – afor languagetransforming usedthe totext makeof [[Informationa retrieval|queries]]formal inlanguage [[databases]]into andtext [[informationthat meets systems]]a specific goal

** Structural

** [[Transformation language]] – designed to transform some input text in a certain formal language into a modified output text that meets some specific goal

*** [[Configuration file#Configuration languages|Configuration language]] – a language used tofor writewriting [[configuration files]]

*** [[Data_exchange#Data_exchange_languages|Data exchange language]] – a language that is ___domain-independent and can be used for data from any kind of discipline; examples: [[JSON]], [[XML]]

* [[Markup language]] – a grammar for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text, such as [[HTML]]

*** [[ModelingMarkup language|Markup]] – anfor artificialannotating languagea useddocument toin expressa informationway orthat knowledge,is oftensyntactically fordistinguishable usefrom inthe computertext, systemsuch designas [[HTML]]

*** [[ArchitecturePage description language|Page description]] – usedfor asdescribing athe languageappearance (orof a conceptualprinted model)page toin describea andhigher representlevel systemthan architecturesan actual output [[bitmap]]

*** [[HardwareStyle descriptionsheet language|Style sheet]] – usedfor toexpressing modelthe presentation of structured documents, such as [[integrated circuitsCSS]]

* [[Modeling language|Modeling]] – for designing systems

* [[Page description language]] – describes the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output [[bitmap]]

** [[SimulationArchitecture description language|Architecture description]] – afor languagedescribing usedand torepresenting describesystem [[simulations]]architecture

** [[SpecificationHardware description language|Hardware description]] – afor languagemodeling used[[integrated to describe what a system should docircuit]]s

* [[Simulation language|Simulation]] – for [[simulation|simulating]]

* [[Style sheet language]] – a computer language that expresses the presentation of structured documents, such as [[CSS]]

* [[Specification language|Specification]] – for describing what a system should do

==See also==

* {{Annotated link|Domain-specific language}}

* [[Data serialization]]

* {{Annotated link|Expression language}}

* [[Domain-specific language]] – a language specialized to a particular application ___domain

* {{Annotated link|General-purpose language}}

* [[General-purpose language]] – a language that is broadly applicable across application domains, and lacks specialized features for a particular ___domain

* [[{{Annotated link|Lists of programming languages]]}}

* [[{{Annotated link|Natural language processing]] – the use of computers to process text or speech in human language}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==