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source language

The language from which a translation is to be made or from which a word is borrowed.

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source language - a language that is to be translated into another language

language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"

application-oriented language, problem-oriented language - a language whose statements resemble terminology of the user

command language, query language, search language - a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed

Translations

source language n (Ling) → lingua di partenza (Comput) → linguaggio di programmazione or assoluto

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