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{{Short description|Formal language for communicating with a computer}}
A '''computer language''' is a [[formal language]] for humans to [[communication|communicate]] with a [[computer]]; not a [[natural language]]. In earlier days of [[computing]] (before the 1980s), the term was used interchangeably with [[programming language]], but today, used primarily for [[taxonomy]], is a broader term that encompasses languages that are not programming in nature. Sub-categories (with possibly contended hierarchical relationships) include:

* [[software construction|Construction]]
** [[Programming language|Programming]] – for controlling computer behavior
*** [[Command language|Command]] – for controlling the tasks of a computer, such as starting programs
*** [[Query language|Query]] – for [[Information retrieval|querying]] [[databases]] and [[information systems]]
*** [[Transformation language|Transformation]] – for transforming the text of a formal language into text that meets a specific goal
** Structural
*** [[Configuration file#Configuration languages|Configuration]] – for writing [[configuration files]]
*** [[Data_exchange#Data_exchange_languages|Data exchange]] – examples: [[JSON]], [[XML]]
*** [[Markup language|Markup]] – for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text, such as [[HTML]]
*** [[Page description language|Page description]] – for describing the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an actual output [[bitmap]]
*** [[Style sheet language|Style sheet]] – for expressing the presentation of structured documents, such as [[CSS]]
* [[Modeling language|Modeling]] – for designing systems
** [[Architecture description language|Architecture description]] – for describing and representing system architecture
** [[Hardware description language|Hardware description]] – for modeling [[integrated circuit]]s
* [[Simulation language|Simulation]] – for [[simulation|simulating]]
* [[Specification language|Specification]] – for describing what a system should do

==See also==
* {{Annotated link|Domain-specific language}}
* {{Annotated link|Expression language}}
* {{Annotated link|General-purpose language}}
* {{Annotated link|Lists of programming languages}}
* {{Annotated link|Natural language processing}}

==External links==
*{{Commonscatinline|Computer languages}}

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