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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Chinook is a computer program that plays checkers (also known as draughts). It was developed between the years 1989 to 2007 at the University of Alberta...

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

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