imperative language
<language> Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation
of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural
language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform.
An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation
language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to
the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of
steps.
(2003-06-23)
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