object language

1. 1.

   a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated

   Synonymstarget language

   Broaderprogramming language
2. 2.

   the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated

   Synonymstarget language

   Broaderlanguage

Questions about object language

What does object language mean?

object language means "a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for object language?

Close synonyms include target language, target language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is object language a common word?

object 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.