noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Used in computing to describe a programming paradigm where code consists of commands that change a program's state. Often contrasted with declarative programming.
C is a representative example of an imperative programming language.
Imperative code describes the steps of a process in order.
imperative language
imperative programming
Compound of 命令 (command, order) and 型 (type, model). The computing sense is a direct calque from English 'imperative'.