<Li> In neuroscience, low - level would relate to the functioning of a cell (or part of a cell, or molecule) and high level to the overall function or activity of a neural system . </Li> <Li> In documentation, a high - level document contains the executive summary, the low - level documents the technical specifications . </Li> <Li> In business, corporate strategy is a high - level description, a list of who does what jobs is a low level description . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Climate is a high - level description of the actions of the atmosphere and oceans . Physics of water and gas molecules is a low - level description of the same system . </Li> <Li> The instruction "write a creative poem on love" is a high - level instruction . The instruction "tighten the tendons in the dominant wrist to grip the pen" is a low - level description of an activity within that . </Li> <Li> "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia" is a high - level description compared to "Wikipedia is a collection of textual articles on many topics". The former reflects a higher level view of organization, purpose, concept and structure, but does not explain what Wikipedia physically is . The latter is more detailed as to what exactly Wikipedia contains and how it's made up, but doesn't explain what its overall purpose and goals are . These are typical features of high - level and low - level descriptions . </Li> </Ul>

Difference between high level and low level requirements