Phrase guide

computer language

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: formal language, language

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noun

Meaning 2

a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: computer-oriented language, machine language, machine-oriented language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: programming language, programing language

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: апрограммаркра абызшәа (apʼrogrammarkʼra abəzŝwa) — language associated with computers
  • Afrikaans: rekenaartaal — language associated with computers
  • Bulgarian: компю́търен ези́к (kompjútǎren ezík) — language associated with computers
  • Dutch: computertaal — language associated with computers
  • Finnish: tietokonekieli — language associated with computers
  • French: langage informatique — language associated with computers
  • Georgian: კომპიუტერული ენა (ḳomṗiuṭeruli ena) — language associated with computers
  • Georgian: მანქანის ენა (mankanis ena) — language associated with computers
  • German: Computersprache — language associated with computers
  • Hungarian: számítógépes nyelv — language associated with computers
  • Hungarian: programozási nyelv — language associated with computers
  • Hungarian: gépi nyelv — language associated with computers
  • Indonesian: bahasa komputer — language associated with computers
  • Interlingua: linguage computatorial — language associated with computers
  • Irish: teanga ríomhaire — language associated with computers
  • Japanese: 計算機言語 (keisanki-gengo) — language associated with computers
  • Khmer: ភាសាកុំព្យូទ័រ (phea sar kom pyuu ter) — language associated with computers
  • Korean: 컴퓨터 언어 (keompyuteo eoneo) — language associated with computers
  • Polish: język komputerowy — language associated with computers
  • Portuguese: linguagem de computador — language associated with computers
  • Romanian: limbaj de calculator — language associated with computers
  • Slovak: počítačový jazyk — language associated with computers
  • Sotho: puo ya khomputa — language associated with computers
  • Swahili: lugha ya kompyuta — language associated with computers
  • Tagalog: panuusing wika — language associated with computers
  • Turkish: bilgisayar dili — language associated with computers
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ điện toán — language associated with computers
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ máy điện toán — language associated with computers
  • Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ máy tính — language associated with computers
  • Volapük: kompütapük — language associated with computers