Are There Levels in Programming Languages?
Computers are complex digital devices that represent and process data using 0s and 1s.
They cannot understand human languages like English or other natural languages.
Therefore, programming languages serve as a middle ground between human languages and computer languages, enabling communication that both humans and computers can understand.
Programming languages are mainly divided into High-Level Languages
and Low-Level Languages
based on their similarity to human languages.
1. High-Level Language
High-Level Languages are programming languages written in a form that is closer to human languages like English, making them easier for people to understand.
Languages such as Python
, Java
, and JavaScript
are considered high-level languages.
Note: Java and JavaScript are different languages.
2. Low-Level Language
Low-Level Languages refer to more technical languages that computers can directly understand.
These languages are very similar to machine code (the language of computers) and provide direct control over a computer's memory and processor.
Assembly language is an example of a typical low-level language.