Programming Language Definitions

Programming Language Definitions

A programming language is a set of instructions, commands, and other syntax that is used to develop a software program. "High-level languages" are the languages that programmers use to write code. This code can be turned into a "low-level language" that the computer hardware understands directly. (Techterm, 2022)

 HTML 

(HyperText Markup Language) The Internet Engineering Task Force's standard document format for Web pages (IETF). HTML tags (codes) are placed in the text of every Web page and define the page layout, typefaces, and hypertext linkages. The link carries the URL (address) of another Web page on the same server or on any other server around the globe, thus the term "World Wide" Web. The graphic elements on the page are also defined by the HTML tags, each of which is a separate file on a local or remote server. (PCMAG, 2022)

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CSS

CSS is a language for describing how documents are formatted, laid up, and presented to users. CSS can be used to style the text in a document in very basic ways, such as changing the color and size of headings and links. It can be used to make layouts, such as turning a single column of text into one with a primary content section and a sidebar for relevant information. It can even be used to create animation effects. For specific examples, click on the links in this paragraph. (Mozilla, 2022)

Javascript 

JavaScript is a dynamic programming language that's used for a variety of purposes, including web development, web apps, game creation, and more. It enables you to add dynamic features to websites that you couldn't do with just HTML and CSS. (Megida, 2021)

For performing dynamic tasks on the web, several browsers use JavaScript as a scripting language. You can witness the effects of JavaScript when you see a click-to-show dropdown menu, extra content added to a website, and dynamically changing element colors on a page, to mention a few things. (Megida, 2021)

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PHP

PHP (hypertext preprocessor) is a popular open-source general-purpose scripting language that is well suited for web development and can be embedded in HTML. (PHP, 2022)

(PHP, 2022)

PHP pages contain HTML with embedded code that performs "something" (in this case, print "Hi, I'm a PHP script!") instead of a long list of commands to output HTML (like in C or Perl). The PHP code is wrapped in special start and end processing instructions that enable you to switch between "PHP mode" and "normal mode." (PHP, 2022)

PHP is distinguished from client-side JavaScript by the fact that the code is performed on the server, resulting in HTML that is then provided to the client. The client would receive the results of the script's execution but would not be aware of the underlying code. You may even set up your webserver to process all your HTML files with PHP, making it virtually impossible for users to figure out what you're up to. (PHP, 2022)

SQL

SQL (Structured Query Language) is a programming language used in relational databases and data stream management systems. (Technopedia, 2022)

It was developed by IBM in the early 1970s and is now acknowledged by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Organization for Standardization as an official standard (ISO). (Technopedia, 2022)

SQL has been a popular choice for database users throughout the years, owing to its ease of use and the very effective way in which it queries, manipulates, aggregates data, and performs a variety of other operations to transform vast amounts of structured data into useable information. (Technopedia, 2022)

As a result, it is included in a variety of commercial database solutions, including MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, Postgres, and others. Due to their absence of SQL programming, several non-relational databases, such as MongoDB and DynamoDB, are referred to as NoSQL products. (Technopedia, 2022)

While important actions in different versions of SQL may have different syntax, basic commands like select, insert, update, and create are universal to all SQL releases. This makes it simple for someone with a rudimentary understanding of SQL to work in a variety of settings and complete a wide range of activities. (Technopedia, 2022)

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Reference:

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