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PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SIMILAR TO INSTRUCTION SETS
Low-level language; Low level programming language; Low level language; Low-level programming; Low-level (computing); Low-level programming languages; Low level programing language; Low level programming; Lower level language
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High-Level Shader Language         
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SHADING LANGUAGE
Cg Programming Language; High-Level Shading Language; HLSL; Shader Model 3; Shader model 3; Shader model 3.0; Shader Model 3.0; Shader Model 2.0; Shader model 2.0; Shader model 2; Shader Model 2; Shader Model; Shader model; Cg programming language; Shader Model 2.x; Shader model 4.0; C for graphics; Shader Model 4; Shader Model 4.0; Hlsl; High Level Shader Language; High-level shader language; High Level Shading Language; DirectX Intermediate Language; DirectX Bytecode
The High-Level Shader Language or High-Level Shading Language (HLSL) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for the Direct3D 9 API to augment the shader assembly language, and went on to become the required shading language for the unified shader model of Direct3D 10 and higher.
Very high-level programming language         
HIGHLY ABSTRACT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
VHLPL; Very High Level Programming Language; Goal-oriented programming language; VHLL; Very high-level language; Very high level programming language
A very high-level programming language (VHLL) is a programming language with a very high level of abstraction, used primarily as a professional programmer productivity tool.
low-level language         
<language> Any programming language which either is assembly language, or which is meant to be closely related to, and easily translated into, machine language. Low-level languages lack the amenities of high-level languages but it may be possible to write more efficient code in them. (2000-08-10)

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Low-level programming language

A low-level programming language is a programming language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture—commands or functions in the language map that are structurally similar to processor's instructions. Generally, this refers to either machine code or assembly language. Because of the low (hence the word) abstraction between the language and machine language, low-level languages are sometimes described as being "close to the hardware". Programs written in low-level languages tend to be relatively non-portable, due to being optimized for a certain type of system architecture.

Low-level languages can convert to machine code without a compiler or interpreter—second-generation programming languages use a simpler processor called an assembler—and the resulting code runs directly on the processor. A program written in a low-level language can be made to run very quickly, with a small memory footprint. An equivalent program in a high-level language can be less efficient and use more memory. Low-level languages are simple, but considered difficult to use, due to numerous technical details that the programmer must remember. By comparison, a high-level programming language isolates execution semantics of a computer architecture from the specification of the program, which simplifies development.