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    In computer programming, a comment is a human-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program. They are added with the purpose...
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  • Look up comment, commenting, comments, or commentary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Comment may refer to: Comment (computer programming), explanatory...
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    teaches fundamental principles of computer programming, including recursion, abstraction, modularity, and programming language design and implementation...
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  • Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves...
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  • assembly language mnemonic, programming language statement, or computer protocol command that does nothing. Some computer instruction sets include an...
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  • programming languages, with C compilers available for practically all modern computer architectures and operating systems. The book The C Programming...
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    A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also...
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    A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their syntax (form) and...
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  • Comment programming, also known as comment-driven development (CDD), is a (mostly) satirical software development technique that is heavily based on commenting...
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  • comparison of programming languages compares the features of language syntax (format) for over 50 computer programming languages. Programming language expressions...
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    the invention of computer programming languages up to the mid-1970s, most computer programmers created, edited and stored their programs line by line on...
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    Computer Go is the field of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to creating a computer program that plays the traditional board game Go. The field...
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  • Self-documenting code (category Computer programming)
    In computer programming, self-documenting (or self-describing) source code and user interfaces follow naming conventions and structured programming conventions...
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  • In computer programming, a directive or pragma (from "pragmatic") is a language construct that specifies how a compiler (or other translator) should process...
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  • In computer programming, a trait is a language concept that represents a set of methods that can be used to extend the functionality of a class. In object-oriented...
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  • In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm of software that uses statements that change a program's state. In much the same...
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  • In computer programming, instrumentation is the act of modifying software so that analysis can be performed on it. Generally, instrumentation either modifies...
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  • object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. It is a general-purpose programming language intended...
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    In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly...
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    The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed on board each Apollo command module (CM)...
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  • Literate programming is a programming paradigm introduced in 1984 by Donald Knuth in which a computer program is given as an explanation of how it works...
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    Mindstorms EV3 Kodu Game Lab Code.org Programmable Cricket PWCT Visual programming language Pencil Code (programming language) Maloney, John; Burd, Leo;...
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    development easier and more portable across different computer architectures. Software in a programming language is run through a compiler or interpreter...
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  • Programming languages are used for controlling the behavior of a machine (often a computer). Like natural languages, programming languages follow rules...
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    -ɡɔːl/; short for "Algorithmic Language") is a family of imperative computer programming languages originally developed in 1958. ALGOL heavily influenced...
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  • A software bug is a bug in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as buggy. The effects of a software bug range...
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    1960s as part of a structured design, based on characteristics of “good” programming practices that reduced maintenance and modification costs. Structured...
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    supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured (particularly procedural), object-oriented and functional programming. It is often described...
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  • A Request for Comments (RFC) is a publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most...
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  • Skeleton programming is a style of computer programming based on simple high-level program structures and so called dummy code. Program skeletons resemble...
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