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{{Short description|Programming language used in many domains}}
{{confusion|text=Not to be confused with the [[GNU General Public License|GPL (GNU General Public License)]]''}}
 
In [[computer software]], a '''general-purpose programming language''' ('''GPL''') is a [[programming language]] for building [[software]] in a wide variety of application [[Domain (software engineering)|___domain]]s. Conversely, a [[Domain-specific language|___domain-specific programming language]] (DSL) is used within a specific area. For example, [[Python (programming language)|Python]] is a GPL, while [[SQL]] is a DSL for [[Query language|querying relational databases]].