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A program is a specific set of rules that instructs a computer to perform tasks, and the process of creating a program is known as programming. The programming process involves identifying a task, planning, coding, implementing, and testing the program. There are two main types of programming languages: interpreted, which translates statements during execution, and compiled, which converts the entire program to binary for faster execution.

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Slide - Unit 1 - What Is Computer Programming

A program is a specific set of rules that instructs a computer to perform tasks, and the process of creating a program is known as programming. The programming process involves identifying a task, planning, coding, implementing, and testing the program. There are two main types of programming languages: interpreted, which translates statements during execution, and compiled, which converts the entire program to binary for faster execution.

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Programs and programming

 A program is a very specific set of rules that


tell the computer what to do. It is a sequence
of primitives to be executed by a computer in
order to automate a certain business,
industrial or scientific task.
 The process of creating a program is called
programming.
 The computer only knows what it is told
through programs, so they must be accurate
and very specific.
Steps in programming
 Deciding if there is a task to be accomplished or problem
to be solved using a computer, eg, is there a need for a
program?
 Determining the nature of the task or problem, eg, what
must the program do?
 Developing a plan that will accomplish the task or solve
the problem, eg, generating the step-by-step process
that the program will follow (algorithm)
 Converting the plan into a computer language program
 Implementing the program to accomplish the task or
solve the problem
 Testing the program to ensure it accomplishes task or
solves problem defined earlier
Types of programming and
languages
Interpreted Programming Language : each
statement translated as it is executed--slow
but easy to use while developing programs

Compiled Programming Language: entire


program is converted to binary--executes
faster, but more difficult to use (.exe files are
compiled programs)
Language translation process
Total = 0 10111000 11011000
Current = 10 10110001 00000100

Do while current <> 0 11100010 10101000

Total = Total + 11100011 00010001


Current Translation 10111000 11011000
Program
Current = Current – 1 10110001 00000100

Loop 11100010 10101000


11100011 00010001
11100010 10101000
High level language
program Machine language
program

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