List of programming languages

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/list-of-programming-languages

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the paradigm diversity?Includes imperative, object-oriented, functional, and scripting paradigms
2. What is the translation methods?Code is translated via compilation, interpretation, or hybrid approaches
3. What is a programming language?A programming language is a formal system that gives a set of instructions to a computer. These instructions can be run by the computer to do tasks or produce results.
4. Why are HTML and XML not in the list of programming languages?HTML and XML are markup languages that describe how data looks, not how it works. Because they don’t run code, they are not part of the list of executable programming languages.

Markup Language: A system for annotating text to define its structure or presentation, not for computation.
Programming Paradigm: A fundamental style or approach to structuring and writing computer programs.
Machine Code: The lowest-level programming language, consisting of binary or hexadecimal instructions directly understood by a computer's CPU.