high-level language

1. 1.

   a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run

   Broaderapplication-oriented language

Questions about high-level language

What does high-level language mean?

high-level language means "a problem-oriented language requiring little knowledge of the computer on which it will be run".

Is high-level language a common word?

high-level language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.