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...

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

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

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

Skeleton programming is a style of computer programming based on simple high-level program structures and so called dummy code. Program skeletons resemble...

electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs, which enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system...

Application software is any computer program that is intended for end-user use – not operating, administering or programming the computer. An application (app...

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

A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code – someone with skill in computer programming. The professional titles software...

A programming language is an artificial language for expressing computer programs. Programming languages typically allow software to be written in a human...

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

In computer programming, a comment is text embedded in source code that a translator (compiler or interpreter) ignores. Generally, a comment is an annotation...

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

In computer programming, a parameter, a.k.a. formal argument, is a variable that represents an argument, a.k.a. actual argument, a.k.a. actual parameter...

Bradford was a computer program written and sold in the 1980s by Aaron Contorer and his firm, Contorer Computing. It was one of the first programs sold using...

EUCLID QUANTUM, a new generation in 1996, on the CAS.CADE (Computer Aided Software for Computer Aided Design and Engineering) platform. As in 1998 Matra...

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

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

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...

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,...

computer program developed by BAE Systems that attacks computer networks and communications systems belonging to an enemy. Development of the program...

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

A software bug is a design defect (bug) in computer software. A computer program with many or serious bugs may be described as buggy. The effects of a...

computer and software engineering is the process by which a computer or virtual machine interprets and acts on the instructions of a computer program...

In some programming languages, const is a type qualifier (a keyword applied to a data type) that indicates that the data is read-only. While this can...

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

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

attributed to Don Roberts. Duplication is considered a bad practice in programming because it makes the code harder to maintain. When the rule encoded in...