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  2. Execution (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Execution in computer and software engineering is the process by which a computer or virtual machine interprets and acts on the instructions of a computer program. Each instruction of a program is a description of a particular action which must be carried out, in order for a specific problem to be solved. Execution involves repeatedly following ...

  3. Procedure word - Wikipedia

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    Procedure word. Procedure words (abbreviated to prowords) are words or phrases limited to radiotelephony procedure used to facilitate communication by conveying information in a condensed standard verbal format. [1] Prowords are voice versions of the much older procedural signs for Morse code which were first developed in the 1860s for Morse ...

  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. Programming language - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 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 ...

  6. Instruction cycle - Wikipedia

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    Instruction cycle. The instruction cycle (also known as the fetch–decode–execute cycle, or simply the fetch–execute cycle) is the cycle that the central processing unit (CPU) follows from boot-up until the computer has shut down in order to process instructions. It is composed of three main stages: the fetch stage, the decode stage, and ...

  7. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    War crime. v. t. e. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. [ 3 ] The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is known as a death sentence, and the act of carrying out ...

  8. Guillotine - Wikipedia

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    Guillotine. The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1789 and 1821. A guillotine (/ ˈɡɪlətiːn / GHIL-ə-teen / ˌɡɪləˈtiːn / GHIL-ə-TEEN / ˈɡijətin / GHEE-yə-teen) [1] is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled blade ...

  9. Compiler - Wikipedia

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    Program execution. In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language). The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a low-level programming ...