Programming language

Q. Define a programming language and state its type briefly:
Ans: Programming language:

A set of rules that provides a way of telling a computer what operations is to perform, is called Programming language. It is categorized into three types as under.

Machine language: (Low Level Language)
Computer has its own unique machine language to perform specific tasks. It is based on binary codes 0s and 1s to execute given instructions. All instructions in machine language consist of series of 0s and 1s. It is very difficult to write program in machine language.

 
Assembly language: (Low Level Language)
Each computer has its own unique assembly language. In this language, the statements are written in symbolic code (Mnemonics) that are easier for human to read and write Such as A for Add and L for Load. The main reason for writing assembly language program is efficiency and produce faster program.

High Level Language: (Related Human language)
High-level languages are closer to human language than low-level language, and include statements like Goto and Print, which are regular words. There are various high level languages such as FORTORN, PASCAL, COBAL etc.