low-level language

noun

low-level language

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A computer language whose source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language, containing no provisions for portability between architectures.

Related terms
intermediate language, high-level language, assembly language, machine language, HLL, compiler, assembler, computer architecture, instruction set, bytecode

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