Wednesday, February 23, 2011

PROGRAMMING

DEFINITION OF PROGRAMMING

Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of designing, writing, testing,debugging / troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in a programming language. The purpose of programming is to create a program that exhibits a certain desired behaviour. The process of writing source code often requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the application domain, specialized algorithms and formal logic.


DEFINITION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

A programming language is an artificial language designed to express computations that can be performed by a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine, to express algorithms precisely, or as a mode of human communication.

source: wikipedia

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