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Definitions: Reword for accuracy; it's not for communicating with _all_ machines; only computers ... although there are other differences (i.e. syntax) intension is a big difference; prog lang is for _controlling_
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==Definitions==
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The term ''[[computer language]]'' is sometimes used interchangeably with "programming language".<ref>Robert A. Edmunds, The Prentice-Hall standard glossary of computer terminology, Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 91</ref> However, usage of these terms varies among authors.