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...

Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves...

Installation (or setup) of a computer program (including device drivers and plugins), is the act of making the program ready for execution. Installation...

In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program. They are added with the...

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital electronic...

Dirk Luesebrink, Hendrik Tramberend and Steffen Meschkat using Onyx Computers developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. Terravision was developed starting...

A stored-program computer is a computer that stores program instructions in electronically or optically accessible memory. This contrasts with systems...

In computer programming, a function (also procedure, method, subroutine, routine, or subprogram) is a callable unit of software logic that has a well-defined...

An application program (software application, or application, or app for short) is a computer program designed to carry out a specific task other than...

History of Functional Programming Languages" (PDF). International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7829...

A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their syntax (form) and...

similarity has been explained by programming language theorists in terms of existential types. In object-oriented programming languages, and other related...

variables to be among computer science's "most valuable treasures." Donald Knuth, Structured Programming, with go to Statements In computer science, a pointer...

In computer science, conditionals (that is, conditional statements, conditional expressions and conditional constructs) are programming language constructs...

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...

(1979) [1975]. Structured Design: Fundamentals of a Discipline of Computer Program and Systems Design. Yourdon Press. Bibcode:1979sdfd.book.....Y....

International Series in Computer Science. pp. 52–54. ISBN 0-13-629049-3. Bloch, Joshua (2018). "Effective Java: Programming Language Guide" (third ed...

In computer programming, a parameter or a formal argument is a special kind of variable used in a subroutine to refer to one of the pieces of data provided...

Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to...

The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) is a comprehensive monograph written by the computer scientist Donald Knuth presenting programming algorithms...

A "Hello, World!" program is generally a simple computer program that emits (or displays) to the screen (often the console) a message similar to "Hello...

object from a class, some programming contexts support object creation by copying (cloning) a prototype object. Computer programming portal Class diagram –...

In computer programming, a callback is a function that is stored as data (a reference) and designed to be called by another function – often back to the...

Program analysis tools are extremely important for understanding program behavior. Computer architects need such tools to evaluate how well programs will...

A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those...

this, self, and Me are keywords used in some computer programming languages to refer to the object, class, or other entity which the currently running...

Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer. Building on previous innovations in mathematics and technology, software...

surviving Unix language program. When its home Bell Labs received a PDP-11, dc—written in B—was the first language to run on the new computer, even before an...

Fundamental areas of computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines...

The Palace is a computer program to access graphical chat room servers, called palaces, in which users may interact with one another using graphical avatars...