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{{Short description|Programming language with strong abstraction from details of hardware}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2019}}

In [[computer science]], a '''mid-leveleman programming language''' is a [[programming language]] with strong [[Abstraction (computer science)|abstraction]] from the details of the [[computer]]. In contrast to [[low-level programming language]]s, it may use [[natural language]] ''elements'', be easier to use, or may automate (or even hide entirely) significant areas of computing systems (e.g. [[memory management]]), making the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable than when using a lower-level language. The amount of abstraction provided defines how "high-level" a programming language is.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070826224349/http://www.ittc.ku.edu/hybridthreads/glossary/index.php HThreads - RD Glossary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In the 1960s, a high-level programming language using a [[compiler]] was commonly called an ''[[autocode]]''.<ref name=kleith>{{cite book|last=London|first=Keith|year=1968|title=Introduction to Computers|publisher=Faber and Faber Limited|___location=24 Russell Square London WC1|isbn=0571085938|page=184|chapter=4, Programming|quote=The 'high' level programming languages are often called autocodes and the processor program, a compiler.}}<!--The book has no ISBN number, instead it has an SBN number. There is no typo in the prior sentence.--></ref>