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2. Computer program - Wikipedia

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   A computer program is a sequence or set [ a ] of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also includes documentation and other intangible components. [ 1 ] A computer program in its human-readable form is called source code.

3. Programming language - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 September 2024. Language for communicating instructions to a machine The source code for a computer program in C. The gray lines are comments that explain the program to humans. When compiled and run, it will give the output "Hello, world!". A programming language is a system of notation for writing ...

4. Computer programming - Wikipedia

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   e. Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. [1][2] It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of procedures, by writing code in one or more programming languages. Programmers typically use high-level ...

5. Syntax (programming languages) - Wikipedia

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   In computer science, the syntax of a computer language is the rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured statements or expressions in that language. This applies both to programming languages, where the document represents source code, and to markup languages, where the document represents data.

6. BASIC - Wikipedia

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   BASIC Programming at Wikibooks. BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) [1] is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. The original version was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. They wanted to enable students in non-scientific fields to ...

7. Eiffel (programming language) - Wikipedia

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   Eiffel is an object-oriented programming language designed by Bertrand Meyer (an object-orientation proponent and author of Object-Oriented Software Construction) and Eiffel Software. Meyer conceived the language in 1985 with the goal of increasing the reliability of commercial software development; [4] the first version becoming available in 1986.