target language (redirected from target languages)

target language

n. In all senses also called object language.

1. The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated.

2. A language that a nonnative speaker is in the process of learning.

3. Computer Science The computer language, often a machine language, into which a document written in another computer language is to be translated.

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Noun	1.	target language - the language into which a text written in another language is to be translated object 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"
	2.	target language - a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated object language programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers