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Software engineering
The systematic application of scientific principles and disciplines to the development, operation, and maintenance of software to perform prespecified functions with maximum economy and efficiency.
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Assembly language
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language that corresponds closely to the instruction set of a given computer, allows symbolic naming of operations and addresses, and usually results in a one-to-one translation of ...
High order language (HOL)
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language that requires little knowledge of the computer on which a programme will run, can be translated into several different machine languages, allows symbolic naming of operations ...
Structured programming language
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language that provides the structured programme constructs, namely, singleentry-single-exit sequences, branches, and loops, and facilitates the development of structured programs.
Procedure-oriented language
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language in which the user states a specific set of instructions that the computer must perform in a given sequence. All widelyused programming languages are of this type.
Object-oriented language
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language that allows the user to express a programme in terms of objects and messages between those objects. Examples include Smalltalk and LOGO.
Procedural language
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language in which the user states a specific set of instructions that the computer must perform in a given sequence. All widelyused programming languages are of this type.
Symbolic language
Computer; Software engineering
A programming language that expresses operations and addresses in symbols convenient to humans rather than in machine language. Examples are assembly language, high order language.
