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Artifact that describes a programming language so that users and developers can understand the basic elements of and write computer programs in the target language. One form of documentation that is associated with most mainstream programming languages. Wikipedia

Any programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually. A VPL allows programming with visual expressions, spatial arrangements of text and graphic symbols, used either as elements of syntax or secondary notation. Wikipedia

Formal language comprising a set of instructions that produce various kinds of output. Programming languages are used in computer programming to implement algorithms. Wikipedia

Any computer programming language that belongs to a class of languages envisioned as an advancement upon third-generation programming languages (3GL). Each of the programming language generations aims to provide a higher level of abstraction of the internal computer hardware details, making the language more programmer-friendly, powerful, and versatile. Wikipedia

Object-oriented programming language that allows users to declare an XML document as a class. Universal and allows users to create dynamic web pages, as well as create scripts and binary applications. Wikipedia

Computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language into another language (the target language). Primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a lower level language to create an executable program. Wikipedia