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NON-PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A programming language that provides the means to state what is to be achieved by the actions of a data processing system without giving specific statements or instructions to be executed in a specific sequence.

CONT

A programming language is a procedural language. It describes precisely, step by step, how something is accomplished. A nonprocedural language describes what is to be done, not how. A query language and a report generator language are nonprocedural. They describe what is needed, not what program instruction will be used to accomplish it.

OBS

This language is employed to indicate the goals to be achieved rather than the specific methods used to achieve them.

OBS

nonprocedural language: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

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 sans indiquer d'instructions particulières à exécuter dans un ordre particulier.

DEF

Langage de programmation qui permet au programmeur d'exprimer la solution d'un problème sans utiliser des algorithmes implicites.

OBS

langage non procédural : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale].

Spanish

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

Lenguaje que no requiere técnicas de programación y que permite al usuario o programador expresar una solicitud a la computadora (ordenador) en lenguaje común del ser humano; que especifica "qué" debe hacerse en vez de "cómo".

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