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What is meant by an imperative high-level language?.
- A.A high-level language in which a program gives a sequence of instructions describing how a task is carried out
- B.A language consisting only of binary machine instructions
- C.A language that cannot contain variables or assignment
- D.A language that is necessarily an assembly language
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- A high-level language in which a program gives a sequence of instructions describing how a task is carried out
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An imperative high-level language describes how a task is performed by using ordered instructions. It is high-level because it abstracts away from the low-level details of machine code and assembly language.
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