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higher programming language
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higher programming language, n.
A computer programming language with an instruction set allowing one instruction to code for several assembly language instructions.
"The aggregation of several assembly-language instructions into one instruction allows much greater efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs are now written in some higher programming language, such as BASIC , FORTRAN , COBOL , C , C++ , PROLOG , or JAVA ." [PJC]
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