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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)]] 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. | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 10 June 2016
A "Hello World!" program ("Hello, World!", etc.) is a computer program (nonfiction) that outputs "Hello World!" (or some variation) on a display device.
It demonstrates that a simple program runs correctly.
Purpose
Hello World is a traditional exercise for beginning programmers.
Experienced programmers may write a Hello World program when learning a new programming language.
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Computer program (nonfiction)
- Computer programming (nonfiction)
- Less World, More Hello (nonfiction)
- Programming language (nonfiction)
- The Man Who Would Not Say Hello World (nonfiction)
Fiction cross-reference
External links
- "Hello World!" program @ wiki.karljones.com
- "Hello, World!" program @ Wikipedia