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{{Short description|Formal language for communicating with a computer}}

A '''computer language''' is a [[formal language]] for humans to [[communication|communicate]] with a [[computer]]; not a [[natural language]]. In earlier days of [[computing]] (before the 1980s), the term was used interchangeably with [[programming language]], but today is a broader term that encompasses programming language as well as other languages that are arguably not programming in nature. Sub-categories include:

* [[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]]