INTERMEDIATE LEVEL LANGUAGE

In computer , communications , and data processing systems, a programming language that (a) is less machine-oriented than a machine language , (b) is not so machine-independent as a common language, such as Ada ®, COBOL , or Fortran, (c) contains macros that are less powerful than common-language macros, and (d) usually is the object language of a root compiler . Examples of intermediate-level languages include assembly languages, such as PL/I . [ From Weik '89 ]