programming language
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[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/
- (US) IPA (key): /ˈproʊɡræmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/ enPR: prōgrămîng lāngwĕj
- Hyphenation: pro‧gram‧ming lan‧guage
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- (countable) A programming language is a specific way of writing code for computers to run. Different programming languages might use different symbols, syntax, operations, etc.
- Synonyms: computer language and computing language
- Python, Ruby, and JavaScript are all examples of programming languages.