ALL meanings of imperative programming
- abbreviation Technical meaning of IMPERATIVE PROGRAMMING imperative language 3
- noun Definition of imperative programming in Technology (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. Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps. 1
- noun imperative programming (programming) a programming paradigm that describes the computation in statements. 0