A programming language is a system of notation used by programmers to write computer programs. It is a set of instructions written in a specific language, such as C, C++, Java, or Python, to perform a particular task. Programming languages can be text-based or graphical, and they provide a structured mechanism for defining pieces of data and the operations or transformations that may be carried out automatically on that data.
Programmers use programming languages to communicate with computers, and these languages allow us to translate our thoughts into instructions that computers can understand. Programming languages consist of a set of rules that allow string values to be converted into various ways of generating machine code, or, in the case of visual programming languages, graphical elements. Once a programmer learns the languages rules, syntax, and structure, they write the source code in a text editor or integrated development environment (IDE) . Then, the programmer often compiles the code into machine language that can be understood by the computer.
There are many different types of programming languages, including high-level and low-level, declarative, imperative, procedural, general-purpose, domain-specific, object-oriented, concurrent, command, and compiled or script languages. Some popular programming languages include Python, Java, C++, and Ruby.
