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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

In computer programming, an operator is a programming language construct that provides functionality that may not be possible to define as a user-defined...

In computer programming, a poltergeist (or gypsy wagon) is a short-lived, typically stateless object used to perform initialization or to invoke methods...

brought parallel computing to desktop computers. Thus parallelization of serial programs has become a mainstream programming task. In 2012 quad-core processors...

In computer science, boxing (a.k.a. wrapping) is the transformation of placing a primitive type within an object so that the value can be used as a reference...

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

Asynchrony, in computer programming, refers to the occurrence of events independent of the main program flow and ways to deal with such events. These may...

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 science) Coupling (physics) Dead code elimination Dependency hell Efferent coupling Inversion of control List of object-oriented programming...

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

Computer network programming involves writing computer programs that enable processes to communicate with each other across a computer network. Very generally...

program could be developed using a depth-limited minimax search with an evaluation function. 1950 – Claude Shannon publishes "Programming a Computer for...

development easier and more portable across different computer architectures. Software in a programming language is run through a compiler or interpreter...

A method in object-oriented programming (OOP) is a procedure associated with an object, and generally also a message. An object consists of state data...