Elementary Programming Concepts

Programming language : A combination of restricted vocabulary (words and symbols) and a syntax (rules ) is called a programming language. A programming language is a medium used by the users to communicate and write instruction for a computer. Generation of computer programming languages : The programming languages are classified into five generations: i) First generation ( machine language ) ii) Second generation ( assembly language ) iii) Third generation [3GL] (high level language) iv) Fourth generation (4GL) v) ...