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Computers, just like humans, communicate to each other using their own languages. These “languages” allow devices to exchange data accurately and efficiently across networks.
These are called Programming Languages, or the broader term: Computer Languages.
CATEGORIES of Computer Languages (Programming Languages)
The low-level languages are designed to be understood only by computers.
Machine language is a set of primitive instructions built into every computer.
The instructions are in the form of binary code, so you have to enter binary codes for various instructions. Program with native machine language is a tedious process.
Moreover the programs are highly difficult to read and modify.
For example, to add two numbers, you might write an instruction in binary like this: 1101101010011010.
Machine Language is often known as Machine Code, or Binary Code.
Assembly languages were developed to make programming easy.
Since the computer cannot understand assembly language, however, a program called assembler is used to convert assembly language programs into machine code.