PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

 Set of commands or instructions following grammatical rules for instructing a

computer to perform a specified task.
 Language that is used in writing a program.
 There are two types of programming language. A programming language can be
high-level and low-level.

LOW-LEVEL LANGUAGE

 It is a type of programming language that contains basic instructions recognized

by a computer.
 A program written in a low-level language can be used only on a computer
system that uses one specific type of main processor.
 Low-level languages are closer to the language used by a computer, while high-
level languages are closer to human languages.
 Two common types of low-level programming languages are assembly
language and machine language.

Assembly Language

 A programming language that consists of a group of coded letters or labels,

called mnemonics.
 Mnemonics – the study and development of systems for improving and assisting
memory.
 It include commands that perform basic operations, such as moving values into
memory registers and performing calculations.
 It is also can be converted to the machine language using an assembler.
 Assembler – a program that converts assembly language to machine code.

Machine Language

 Machine language, or machine code, is the lowest level of computer languages.

It contains binary code, often generated by compiling high-level source code for a
specific processor.
 Machine language are the only languages understood by computers.