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minilanguage

minilanguage noun: a relatively small and simple domain-specific language.

Noun

minilanguage (plural minilanguages)

  1. A relatively small and simple domain-specific language.
    • The success of Logo in general and turtle graphics in particular stimulated the development of the mini-language approach to teaching the principles of programming.1997 March, Peter Brusilovsky et al., “Mini-languages: A Way to Learn Programming Principles”, in Education and Information Technologies, →DOI

Forms of minilanguage

pluralminilanguages
alternative formmini-language

Origin of minilanguage

From mini- + language.

Questions about minilanguage

What does minilanguage mean?
Minilanguage means a relatively small and simple domain-specific language.
What part of speech is minilanguage?
Minilanguage is a noun.
What is the plural of minilanguage?
The plural of minilanguage is minilanguages.

Words near minilanguage in the dictionary

  1. minikits
  2. minilab
  3. minilabs
  4. minilamp
  5. minilamps
  6. minilanguage
  7. minilanguages
  8. minilaparoscopic
  9. minilaparoscopy
  10. minilaparotomic
  11. minilaparotomies

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