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PROCEDURE ORIENTED LANGUAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A programming language that enables a program to be specified by defining a collection of procedures. These procedures may call each other, and are called by the main program (which can itself be regarded as a procedure).

OBS

Ex.: Pascal.

OBS

procedure-oriented language; procedural language: terms standardized by ISO and CSA.

Key term(s)
  • procedural programming language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Langage de programmation qui permet de spécifier ce qu'on attend d'un système de traitement de données en indiquant des instructions particulières, à exécuter dans un ordre particulier.

OBS

Ex. : Pascal.

OBS

langage de procédure; langage procédural : termes normalisés par l'ISO et la CSA.

Key term(s)
  • langage adapté aux procédures
  • langage de programmation procédural

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
DEF

Lenguaje de programación diseñado para facilitar la descripción del procesamiento de datos o procesos de cálculos en términos de pasos de procedimiento o algorítmicos.

CONT

los programadores que escriban en lenguajes de procedimientos tienen que desarrollar un orden adecuado de actos para poder resolver el problema [...] Todos los lenguajes convencionales de programación son lenguajes de procedimientos.

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