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'''Array programming languages''' (also known as '''vector''' or '''multidimensional''' languages) generalize operations on [[scalar (computing)|scalar]]s to apply transparently to [[vector (spatial)|vector]]s, [[matrix (mathematics)|matrices]], and higher dimensional arrays.

[[APL programming language|APL]], designed by [[Kenneth E. Iverson|Ken Iverson]], was the first [[programming language]] to provide array programming capabilities.