High level programming languages are designed to be more human-readable and easier to understand and write than low-level languages. They abstract away many of the details of computer hardware and provide powerful built-in functions and libraries that make it easy to write complex programs.

Python is a popular high-level language that is widely used for general-purpose programming, data analysis, web development, scientific computing, artificial intelligence, and many other applications. It was created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991.