Difference between revisions of "Computer programming"

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Computer programming is the act of sending instructions to a computer using a programming language.  The format of these instructions depends on the language in question, and oftentimes, programs are converted multiple times before being executed by the computer hardware.
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Computer programming is the act of creating a program that will send instructions to a computer using a programming language.  The format of these instructions depends on the language in question, and oftentimes, programs are converted multiple times before being executed by the computer hardware.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:02, 24 November 2007

Computer programming is the act of creating a program that will send instructions to a computer using a programming language. The format of these instructions depends on the language in question, and oftentimes, programs are converted multiple times before being executed by the computer hardware.

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