high-level language
noun Computers.
a problem-oriented programming language, as COBOL, FORTRAN, or PL/1, that uses English-like statements and symbols to create sequences of computer instructions and identify memory locations, rather than the machine-specific individual instruction codes and numerical addresses employed by machine language.
Origin of high-level language
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby high-level language
high-income,
high-jump,
high-key,
high-keyed,
high-level,
high-level language,
high-level waste,
high-low,
high-low-jack,
high-maintenance,
high-minded
British Dictionary definitions for high-level language
high-level language
noun
a computer programming language that resembles natural language or mathematical notation and is designed to reflect the requirements of a problem; examples include Ada, BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal
See also machine code