Language (disambiguation)

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  • In linguistics (natural language) [r]: A type of communication system, commonly used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. A wider definition of language - what counts as a language and what doesn't - is a difficult philosophical topic, deserving an article in its own right. [e]
  • In informatics (programming language) [r]: A formal language specification, and programs for translating the formal language to machine code. [e]