"low-level" meaning in English

See low-level in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: low + level Etymology templates: {{compound|en|low|level}} low + level Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} low-level (not comparable)
  1. relatively unimportant Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-low-level-en-adj-ePn2u0H6
  2. not intense Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-low-level-en-adj-h8bzB2W5
  3. (computing) of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (code or statement corresponding to a single machine instruction): malaltnivela (Esperanto), de baixo nível (Portuguese), de bajo nivel (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-low-level-en-adj-EEqlES9y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 2 53 3 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'code or statement corresponding to a single machine instruction': 9 1 86 3 2
  4. detailed Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-low-level-en-adj-9~z4tZly
  5. Situated or occurring at a lower level. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-low-level-en-adj-nlv3YprS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: at the coal face, front line, in the trenches, brass tacks, details, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts Hyponyms: lower-level, lowest-level Derived forms: low-level language

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