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low-level programming language

Programming language that provides minimal abstraction from the hardware

Entitytype of programming languageQ558937

Also known as machine-oriented language · low-level language

Instance of: type of programming language
Subclass of: programming language

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A low-level programming language is a programming language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture, memory or underlying physical hardware; commands or functions in the language are structurally similar to a processor's instructions. These languages provide the programmer with full control over program memory and the underlying machine code instructions. Because of the low level of abstraction between the language and machine language, low-level languages are sometimes described as being "close to the hardware".

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Opposite of: high-level programming language
Has use: device driver
bootloader
kernel

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