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SECOND-GENERATION LANGUAGE [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2006-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
07.01.10 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

programming language that extends a first-generation language to include higher-level language constructs such as macroinstructions

OBS

second-generation language; 2GL: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
07.01.10 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

langage de programmation qui prolonge un langage de première génération pour inclure des éléments de langage de niveau supérieur tels que des macro-instructions

OBS

langage de deuxième génération : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

A high-level language that has a powerful ratio of machine instructions to each of its simple statements and that raises the programmer's level of abstraction to focusing attention on the problem to be solved instead of on an intimate knowledge about how a particular computer works.

OBS

second-generation language (2GL): Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Langage de haut niveau disposant d'un coefficient d'instructions machines pour chacune de ses instructions simples et qui augmente le niveau d'abstraction du programmeur en concentrant son attention sur le problème à résoudre et non pas sur une connaissance approfondie de la manière dont un ordinateur donné fonctionne.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI.

Spanish

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