High Level Languages
High level languages are computer languages which are more abstract and easier to use than low level languages. High-level languages make complex programming simpler.
High level languages are similar to commonly used human languages. Hence, they make programs not only easier to write but also easier to read and maintain. To write source program in these languages, it is not necessary to have knowledge of internal structure of a computer.
It was in the year 1957, when a High Level Language called FORTRAN was developed by IBM. After this, there was a rapid growth of high level languages. Some examples of such languages are Java, C, C++, Visual Basic, C#, COBOL, PASCAL, etc.