Do Computers have languages so that people can program them to perform certain tasks and functions?

Answer 1

Yes, computers have languages that they communicate with us and each other in. There are thousands of different computer languages written for different purposes with different complexities. The simplest language computers communicate in is binary, ones and zeros, which can be compared to humans using Morse Code to communicate. It is very simple, but it is hard for humans to understand. The next step up is called assembly language which could be compared to speaking only in slang, still hard for all except a few humans to understand. The computer has to use a program to translate the assembly language into binary to understand what to do. There are lots of intermediate languages that still use some slang, but allow the programmer to combine several actions in one command. As computer languages have become more complex so humans can understand and program them easier, the computer has to do more work to translate, but is much faster at it than we are. There are programing languages now that allow a human to say what they want the computer to do and the program writes the code that the computer needs to use to do what was requested. This makes it very easy for us to communicate to computers to get them to do what we want. Computers still use binary and lower level languages to communicate with each other as they understand it and have to do less work to accomplish what is desired.