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This document provides an overview of the CS101: Introduction to Computing course offered in the Fall 2015 semester at GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology. The course is taught by 6 instructors from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering. The document then provides a brief introduction to computer programming, explaining that it is the process of writing instructions to direct a computer. It defines a computer program and programming languages. It categorizes programming languages as low-level like machine language and assembly language, or high-level languages. It provides examples of instructions in machine language, assembly language, and common high-level languages like C++ and Java.

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4 Computer-Programming-CS101

This document provides an overview of the CS101: Introduction to Computing course offered in the Fall 2015 semester at GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology. The course is taught by 6 instructors from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering. The document then provides a brief introduction to computer programming, explaining that it is the process of writing instructions to direct a computer. It defines a computer program and programming languages. It categorizes programming languages as low-level like machine language and assembly language, or high-level languages. It provides examples of instructions in machine language, assembly language, and common high-level languages like C++ and Java.

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CS101: Introduction to Computing

Fall 2015
Instructors:
Dr. Fawad Hussain, Dr. Rashad Jilani, Engr.
Ahmad Sohaib, Engr. Zawar Hussain, Engr.
Usman Raza & Dr. Ahmar Rashid.
Faculty of Computer Science and
Engineering
GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and
Technology

Computer
Programming

Computer Programming
Computer

programming is the process of


writing instructions that direct a computer to
carry out specific tasks

computer program is a set of step-bystep instructions that tell a computer how to


solve a problem or carry out a task

The instructions that make up a computer program


are often referred to as code
A program is written in a computer programming
language

Programming Languages (-1-)

A programming language is an artificial


language designed for creating instructions that a
computer can carry out

In contrast, the languages we speak


natural languages

[e.g., English / Urdu] are

Programming languages differ from natural


languages in that

natural languages are used for interaction between people


programming languages allow humans to communicate
instructions to machines as well as machine-to-machine
interaction

Programming Languages (-2-)

Programming languages can be divided into two major


categories

Low-level languages

Require the programmer to write instructions for the lowest level of


computers hardware

Examples: Machine Language, Assembly Language

High-level languages

Easy for computer to understand; Difficult for humans

Makes programming process easier by providing commands such


as PRINT or WRITE instead of unintelligible strings of 1s and 0s
Examples: FORTRAN, C, C++, Java, Python

Languages can also be categorized by generations

Programming Language
Categorization

3GL, 4GL

2GL
1st Generation
Language [1GL]

HIGH-LEVEL
LANGUAGES
ASSEMBLY
LANGUAGE
MACHINE LANGUAGE
HARDWARE

LOW-LEVEL
LANGUAGES

Machine Language /
Machine Code

The first languages for programming computers sometimes


referred to as first-generation languages

A machine language consists of a set of commands,


represented as a series of 1s and 0s, corresponding to the
instruction set understood by a microprocessor
A machine language is specific to a particular CPU or
microprocessor family

High-level languages are (mostly) translated [compiled] to


machine language in order to be understood and executed by
the microprocessor

Machine Language /
Machine Code
Example
Add the registers 1 and 2. Place the result in
register 6.
[ op | rs | rt | rd | shamt | funct ]
0
1
2
6
0
32
decimal
000000 00001 00010 00110 00000 100000
binary

Assembly Language
Allows

programmers to use abbreviated


command words rather than 1s and 0s used in
machine languages

A significant improvement over machine languages

Mnemonics such as ADD, SUB, MUL, DIV, JMP etc are


more understandable than 0001, 0100 etc

Also referred to as second-generation languages


Assembly languages are also machine specific

Each assembly language command corresponds on a


one-to-one basis to a machine language instruction

Assembly Language
Example 1
Add 10 to the variable MARKS
ADD MARKS, 10

Example 2
Transfer the value 10 to the AL register
MOV AL, 10

High-level languages
C/C++, JAVA, BASIC and etc.

Similar to everyday English,


Use mathematical notations

Example 1
Add 10 to the variable MARKS
MARKS = MARKS + 10;

Example 2
Assign the value 10 to the variable A, value 20 to variable B,
add them and store the results in variable C
A = 10;
B = 20;
C = A + B;

Next
Now

we move on to: C How to Program

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