Low-level and high-level languages
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Language levels and abstraction

Language levels and abstraction

Layered diagram showing high-level language, assembly language, machine code, and hardware/CPU with translator arrows and an abstraction scale

Programming languages let humans write instructions, but the CPU can only execute machine code. The "level" of a language tells you how much detail is hidden from the programmer.

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