problem-oriented language
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problem-oriented language
[′präb·ləm ‚ȯr·ē¦ent·əd ‚laŋ·gwij] (computer science)
A language designed to facilitate the accurate expression of problems belonging to specific sets of problem types.
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problem-oriented language
A computer language designed to handle a particular class of problem. For example, COBOL was designed for business, FORTRAN for scientific and GPSS for simulation.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.