What is programming language ?

Programming Language:

Programming Language is a language which is used to write programs. There are many programming languages available to write programs depending on nature.

Example: C++,C#.net,VB.net etc

Types of Programming Languages:

There are main two types of programming languages which are as follow:

1. High-Level Programming Language
2. Low-Level Programming Language

1. High-Level Programming Language:

High-Level Programming Language is a type of programming language which is closer to human and far from the computer.Closer to human means human can easily understand it and far from computer means computer can't understand it directly.

A compiler is required to convert high-level instruction to that which is easily understandable by the computer means machine language.

Example: C++, C# and many others.

2. Low-Level Programming Language:

Low-Level Programming Language is a type of programming language which is close to the computer and far from the human which is easily understandable by the computer and not for human.

It is further divided into two categories:

1. Assembly Language
2. Machine Language

Assembly Language:

A type of Low-Level Programming Language which is closer to the computer but in it, there are English-like words are used that are called as mnemonics.

An assembler is required to convert assembly language instructions to machine language.

Example: FORTRAN

Machine Language:

Machine Language is a type of Low-Level Programming Language which is the native language of the computer. It is the language that is directly understandable by the computer. No compiler is required. All work is done in computer in machine language means binary form.