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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

In computer programming, a variable is said to be volatile if its value can be read or modified asynchronously by something other than the current thread...

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

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,...

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...