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hulptaal

Definitions of hulptaal
  1. noun
    a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
    synonyms: kunsttaal
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    types:
    basisengels
    a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
    Esperanto
    an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages
    mengtaal, pidgin
    an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
    computertaal, machinetaal, programmeertaal, rekentaal
    a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers
    doeltaal
    a computer language into which something written in another computer language is to be translated
    COBOL
    common business-oriented language
    Basic
    a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
    type of:
    taal, taaluiting
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
  2. noun
    specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
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    type of:
    performance, praat, schrijfstijl, schrijftrant, schrijfwijze, spraak, stijl, taalgebruik, verhaaltrant, verteltrant, vormgeving
    a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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