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Record 1 2004-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A high-level language that allows a user, not necessarily a programmer, to write statements in near-natural language, that has a ratio of machine instructions to simple statements much higher than that of a third-generation language, and that elevates the level of abstraction at which the user may work beyond that of previous generations of programming languages.

DEF

A very high level nonprocedural language that gives the end user the opportunity to access and process information more easily.

CONT

dBASE is a fourth-generation language.

OBS

fourth-generation language (4GL): Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Langage de haut niveau qui permet à un utilisateur, non nécessairement programmeur, d'écrire des instructions dans un langage presque naturel, disposant d'un coefficient d'instructions machines pour chacune de ses instructions simples bien supérieur à celui d'un langage de troisième génération et qui élève le niveau d'abstraction auquel l'utilisateur peut travailler, bien au-delà des générations précédentes de langages de programmation.

DEF

Langage non procédural de très haut niveau fait pour s'approcher le plus possible du langage de l'utilisateur.

CONT

dBASE est un langage de quatrième génération.

OBS

langage de quatrième génération : Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI.

Spanish

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

Lenguaje fácil de comprender que no es de procedimientos.

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