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高水準言語 (kousuijungengo) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

高こう水すい準じゅん言げん語ご

こ

う

す

い

じゅ

ん

げ

ん

ご

Meanings

1

high-level language

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

Pythonは代だい表ひょう的てきな高こう水

すい

準じゅん

言げん

語ご

の

一ひと

つ

です

。

Python is one of the typical high-level languages.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
水water
準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to
言say, word
語word, speech, language

Related words

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.

Built from

高こう水すい準じゅん+言げん語ご

Etymology

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