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A '''computer program''', or just a '''program''', is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task, or automate the solution to a problem, on a computer. | [[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 and Dennis Ritchie in 1974.]]A '''computer program''', or just a '''program''', is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task, or automate the solution to a problem, on a [[Computer (nonfiction)|computer]]. | ||
See [[Computer algorithm (nonfiction)]]. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Mathematics]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Computation (nonfiction)]] | * [[Computation (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Computer (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Computer algorithm (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Computer science (nonfiction)]] | * [[Computer science (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)]] | * [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:33, 16 December 2017
A computer program, or just a program, is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task, or automate the solution to a problem, on a computer.
See Computer algorithm (nonfiction).
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Computer (nonfiction)
- Computer algorithm (nonfiction)
- Computer science (nonfiction)
- "Hello World!" program (nonfiction)
- Program optimization (nonfiction)
External links:
- Computer program @ Wikipedia