Refers to a computer language in which statements are similar to instructions for the processor (or: in which statements are more like object code than in a high-level language)
at a low level in rank or importance; "a low-level job"; "low-level discussions"
the language of the text in a program that is closer to the computer's native language than standard English Assembly language is a low-level programming language, since it consists of 1's and 0's that can be deciphered only by the computer's assembler