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A '''"Hello World!" program''' ('''"Hello, World!"''', etc.) is a [[computer program (nonfiction)]] that outputs '''"Hello World!"''' (or some variation) on a display device.
[[File:Hello,_world_in_C.svg|thumb|C-language "Hello, World" source code. This first known "Hello, world" snippet from the seminal book The C Programming Language originates from Brian Kernighan in the Bell Laboratories in 1974.]]A '''"Hello World!" program''' ('''"Hello, World!"''', etc.) is a [[computer program (nonfiction)|computer program]] that outputs '''"Hello World!"''' (or some variation) on a display device.


It demonstrates that a simple program runs correctly.
It demonstrates that a simple program runs correctly.
== Purpose ==


Hello World is a traditional exercise for beginning programmers.   
Hello World is a traditional exercise for beginning programmers.   
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Experienced programmers may write a Hello World program when learning a new programming language.
Experienced programmers may write a Hello World program when learning a new programming language.


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== In the News ==


* [[Computer program (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Computer programming (nonfiction)]]
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* [[Less World, More Hello (nonfiction)]]
* [[Programming language (nonfiction)]]
* [[The Man Who Would Not Say Hello World (nonfiction)]]


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Less World, More Hello]]
* [[Less World, More Hello]]
* [["Hello World!" program]]
* [[The Man Who Would Not Say Hello World]]
* [[The Man Who Would Not Say Hello World]]


== External links ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Computer program (nonfiction)]]
* [[Computer science (nonfiction)]]
 
External links:


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program "Hello, World!" program] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_World!%22_program "Hello, World!" program] @ Wikipedia
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[[Category:Computer programming (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Computer science (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 04:57, 23 August 2016

C-language "Hello, World" source code. This first known "Hello, world" snippet from the seminal book The C Programming Language originates from Brian Kernighan in the Bell Laboratories in 1974.

A "Hello World!" program ("Hello, World!", etc.) is a computer program that outputs "Hello World!" (or some variation) on a display device.

It demonstrates that a simple program runs correctly.

Hello World is a traditional exercise for beginning programmers.

Experienced programmers may write a Hello World program when learning a new programming language.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links: