application-oriented language
- noun
- Specialized
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lenguaje orientado a aplicaciones
- The new application-oriented language made it easier for engineers to write code using familiar terms.
Examples
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The development team opted for an application-oriented language tailored to the needs of scientists in the lab.
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Financial analysts appreciated that the application-oriented language allowed them to automate reports without learning traditional programming syntax.
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Python is an application-oriented language that is easy to learn.
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Many developers prefer application-oriented languages for their projects.
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Financial analysts appreciated that the application-oriented language allowed them to automate reports without learning traditional programming syntax.
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The development team opted for an application-oriented language tailored to the needs of scientists in the lab.
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The new application-oriented language made it easier for engineers to write code using familiar terms.
Synonyms
A computer language that uses words and ideas from a specific kind of work
How Specialized
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1
4.9
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1
8.1
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4.9
4
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
application-oriented + language
The phrase is fully compositional: 'application-oriented' literally means 'oriented toward applications' and combined with 'language' yields 'a language aimed at particular applications or application domains.' A B1 learner who knows 'application' and 'oriented' can infer this general meaning (the specific programming nuance is domain-specific but does not block basic comprehension).
Etymology
Application-oriented language may come from the simple image of a language made to face a particular application, like a tool with labels for a job so people see familiar words. So it means 'a programming language made to use words and ideas people in that job already know', which makes coding easier for them.