The type of language are designed to address specific needs and use cases, making them suitable for a wide range of applications in software development, web design, data manipulation, or hardware design.
1.1. Programming Languages
Used to write software programs that control the behavior of a machine or express algorithms.
1.1.1. Low-Level Languages
1.1.2. Machine Language
Binary code that the computer's CPU can execute directly.
1.1.3. Assembly Language
Uses mnemonics and symbols to represent machine-level instructions, which are then converted to machine code by an assembler.
1.1.4. High-Level Languages
1.1.5. Procedural Languages
C, Fortran, Pascal.
1.1.6. Object-Oriented Languages
Java, C++, Python.
1.1.7. Functional Languages
Lisp, Haskell, Erlang.
1.1.8. Scripting Languages
JavaScript, Perl, Ruby.
1.1.9. Logic Programming Languages
Prolog.
1.2. Markup Languages
Used to annotate documents in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text.
Software Languages
1. Category
The type of language are designed to address specific needs and use cases, making them suitable for a wide range of applications in software development, web design, data manipulation, or hardware design.
1.1. Programming Languages
Used to write software programs that control the behavior of a machine or express algorithms.
1.1.1. Low-Level Languages
1.1.2. Machine Language
Binary code that the computer's CPU can execute directly.
1.1.3. Assembly Language
Uses mnemonics and symbols to represent machine-level instructions, which are then converted to machine code by an assembler.
1.1.4. High-Level Languages
1.1.5. Procedural Languages
C, Fortran, Pascal.
1.1.6. Object-Oriented Languages
Java, C++, Python.
1.1.7. Functional Languages
Lisp, Haskell, Erlang.
1.1.8. Scripting Languages
JavaScript, Perl, Ruby.
1.1.9. Logic Programming Languages
Prolog.
1.2. Markup Languages
Used to annotate documents in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text.
1.2.1. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
1.2.2. XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
1.2.3. Markdown
Conventions and Standards
GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM)
CommonMark
Gruber Markdown
1.2.4. Asciidoc
1.2.5. reStructuredText
1.2.6. LaTeX
1.2.7. SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)
1.3. Query Languages
Used to make queries in databases and information systems.
1.3.1. SQL (Structured Query Language)
1.3.2. SPARQL
1.3.3. XQuery
1.4. Stylesheet Languages
Used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language.
1.4.1. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets
1.4.2. XSL (eXtensible Stylesheet Language
1.5. Domain-Specific Languages (DSL)
Tailored to a specific application domain.
1.5.1. MATLAB
(for numerical computing)
1.5.2. VHDL
(for hardware description)
1.5.3. R
(for statistical computing)
1.5.4. SQL
(for database queries)
1.6. Configuration Languages
Used for configuration files to define settings and parameters.
1.6.1. YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)
1.6.2. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
1.6.3. TOML (Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language)
1.7. Modeling Languages
Used to model systems, often in software engineering and design.
1.7.1. UML (Unified Modeling Language)
1.7.2. SysML (Systems Modeling Language)
1.8. Interpreted Languages
Executed directly, line-by-line, by an interpreter.
1.8.1. Python
1.8.2. Ruby
1.8.3. PHP
1.9. Compiled Languages
Converted into machine code by a compiler before execution.
1.9.1. C
1.9.2. C++
1.9.3. Rust
1.10. Assembly Languages
Low-level languages that are closely related to machine code, providing a more understandable syntax.
1.10.1. x86 Assembly
1.10.2. ARM Assembly
1.11. Visual Programming Languages
Use graphical elements rather than text to represent programming concepts.
1.11.1. Scratch
1.11.2. LabVIEW
1.12. Hardware Description Languages (HDL)
Used to describe the behavior and structure of electronic circuits.
1.12.1. VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language)
1.12.2. Verilog
1.13. Artificial Languages
Constructed for specific purposes, often within a fictional or theoretical context.
1.13.1. Esperanto
1.13.2. Klingon