Computer language

Computer language may refer Programming language, a formal language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer

• Command language, a language used to control the tasks of the computer itself, such as starting other programs
• Machine language or machine code, a set of instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit
• Markup language, a grammar for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text, such as HTML
• Style sheet language, a computer language that expresses the presentation of structured documents, such as CSS
• Configuration language, a language used to write configuration files
• Construction language, a general category that includes configuration languages, toolkit languages, and programming languages
• Query language, a language used to make queries in databases and information systems
• Modeling language, a formal language used to express information or knowledge, often for use in computer system design
  • Hardware description language, used to model integrated circuits

See also

• Data serialization
• Natural language processing, the use of computers to process text or speech in human language