高こう水すい準じゅん言げん語ご

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noun

computing

A computing term for programming languages with strong abstraction from machine details, such as Python or Java.

高tall, high, expensive

水water

準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to

言say, word

語word, speech, language

低てい水すい準じゅん言げん語ご
低水準言語 is a low-level language, closer to machine code, while 高水準言語 is a high-level language with greater abstraction.

Compound of 高 (high), 水準 (level), and 言語 (language), likely a calque from English 'high-level language'.