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  2. High-level programming language - Wikipedia

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    High-level programming language. In computer science, a high-level programming language is a programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer. In contrast to low-level programming languages, it may use natural language elements, be easier to use, or may automate (or even hide entirely) significant areas of computing ...

  3. Loaded language - Wikipedia

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    Loaded language[ a] is rhetoric used to influence an audience by using words and phrases with strong connotations. This type of language is very often made vague to more effectively invoke an emotional response and/or exploit stereotypes. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Loaded words and phrases have significant emotional implications and involve strongly positive ...

  4. Register (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow prescriptive norms for formal usage than in a casual setting, for example, by pronouncing words ...

  5. High-level language computer architecture - Wikipedia

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    A high-level language computer architecture ( HLLCA) is a computer architecture designed to be targeted by a specific high-level programming language (HLL), rather than the architecture being dictated by hardware considerations. It is accordingly also termed language-directed computer design, coined in McKeeman (1967) and primarily used in the ...

  6. Declarative programming - Wikipedia

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    Declarative programming is a non-imperative style of programming in which programs describe their desired results without explicitly listing commands or steps that must be performed. Functional and logic programming languages are characterized by a declarative programming style. In logic programming, programs consist of sentences expressed in ...

  7. Grand style (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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    The grand style (also referred to as 'high style') is a style of rhetoric, notable for its use of figurative language and for its ability to evoke emotion. The term was coined by Matthew Arnold. [1] It is mostly used in longer speeches and can be used, as by Cicero, to influence an audience around a particular belief or ideology.

  8. On the Sublime - Wikipedia

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    Longinus critically applauds and condemns certain literary works as examples of good or bad styles of writing. [5] Longinus ultimately promotes an "elevation of style" [5] and an essence of "simplicity". [8] To quote this famous author, "the first and most important source of sublimity [is] the power of forming great conceptions."

  9. Verbal intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Verbal intelligence. English alphabet. Letters form the basis for many languages, including English. Verbal intelligence is the ability to understand and reason using concepts framed in words. More broadly, it is linked to problem solving, abstract reasoning, [ 1] and working memory. Verbal intelligence is one of the most g -loaded abilities.