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basic terms & defs
chapter 0.2 introduction to programming languages
Term | Definition |
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computer program | a computer program is a set of instructions that the computer can perform in order to perform some task (also commonly called an application) |
programming | programming is the process of creating a program |
source code | source code is a list of commands typed into one or more text files (commonly shortened to code) programmers typically create programs by producing source code |
hardware | hardware is the collection of physical computer parts that make up a computer and execute programs |
running/executing | running or executing the program is when a computer program is loaded into memory and the hardware sequentially executes each instruction |