A program is a set of instructions used to control the behavior of a machine. Examples of such programs include: The sequence of cards used by a Jacquard...
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In computer programming, machine code is computer code consisting of machine language instructions, which are used to control a computer's central processing...
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unique sounds, such as synthesized electronic tones. A drum machine often has pre-programmed beats and patterns for popular genres and styles, such as pop...
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programmable machines were developed in the Muslim world. A music sequencer, a programmable musical instrument, was the earliest type of programmable...
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computers to perform tasks Programming language, an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine Game programming, the software development...
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machines, pointer machines, random-access machines (RAM), and Random-Access Stored-Program Machine (RASP), each varying in complexity. These machines...
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with a real computer program, it is possible for a Turing machine to go into an infinite loop which will never halt. The Turing machine was invented in 1936...
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more programming languages. Programmers typically use high-level programming languages that are more easily intelligible to humans than machine code,...
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theoretical computer science the random-access stored-program (RASP) machine model is an abstract machine used for the purposes of algorithm development and...
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Computer numerical control (redirect from CNC machine)
to a CNC machine in the form of a sequential program of machine control instructions such as G-code and M-code, and then executed. The program can be written...
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time period. The earliest machine learning program was introduced in the 1950s when Arthur Samuel invented a computer program that calculated the winning...
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registers as well as its data – is called the random-access stored-program machine or RASP-machine. It is an example of the so-called von Neumann architecture...
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Assembly language (redirect from Symbolic Machine Code)
language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a...
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historians as the world's first computer program. In 1936, Alan Turing introduced the Universal Turing machine, a theoretical device that can model every...
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Compiler (redirect from Program compilation)
programming language (e.g. assembly language, object code, or machine code) to create an executable program.: p1 There are many different types of compilers which...
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Manchester Baby (redirect from Small-Scale Experimental Machine)
Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built at the University of Manchester...
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languages provide the programmer with full control over program memory and the underlying machine code instructions. Because of the low level of abstraction...
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A Post machine or Post–Turing machine is a "program formulation" of a type of Turing machine, comprising a variant of Emil Post's Turing-equivalent model...
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alternative in JZDEC: { INC ( r, z ), JZDEC ( r, ztrue, zfalse) } Program machine, program computer, the names Minsky (1967) gave the model because, like...
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Source code (redirect from Source program)
quickly interpreted. The first programmable computers, which appeared at the end of the 1940s, were programmed in machine language (simple instructions...
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The PUMA (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly, or Programmable Universal Manipulation Arm) is an industrial robotic arm developed by Victor Scheinman...
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Von Neumann architecture (redirect from Stored program concept)
fixed program computer. It can do basic mathematics, but it cannot run a word processor or games. Changing the program of a fixed-program machine requires...
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A Java virtual machine (JVM) is a virtual machine that enables a computer to run Java programs as well as programs written in other languages that are...
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Translator (computing) (redirect from Machine-translatability of programs)
or programming language processor is a computer program that converts the programming instructions written in human convenient form into machine language...
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popular programming languages, and it has gained widespread use in the machine learning community. It is widely taught as an introductory programming language...
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A slot machine, fruit machine (British English), poker machine or pokie (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates...
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incorporating specialized tooling, high-performance machine tools, and advanced CAM programming. High-speed machining is widely applied in industries requiring...
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A "Hello, World!" program is usually a simple computer program that emits (or displays) to the screen (often the console) a message similar to "Hello,...
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Interpreter (computing) (redirect from Interpreted programming language)
have been compiled into a machine language program. An interpreter generally uses one of the following strategies for program execution: Parse the source...
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compilation, where programs are compiled to ahead-of-time to machine code, and interpretation, where programs are directly executed. In addition to these two extremes...
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