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Define the word procedural language

"procedural language" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"

procedural language
     
         A term used in contrast to declarative language
        to describe a language where the programmer specifies an
        explicit sequences of steps to follow to produce a result.
     
        The term should not be confused with "imperative language".
        An example (non-imperative) procedural language is LOGO,
        which specifies sequences of steps to perform but does not
        have an internal state.
     
        Other procedural languages include Basic, Pascal, C, and
        Modula-2.
     
        (2003-06-23)