COMPUTER PROGRAMMING A Brief History INTRODUCTION Computer programming
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING A Brief History
INTRODUCTION Computer programming (often shortened to programming) is a process that leads from an original formulation of a computing problem to executable computer programs. Programming involves activities such as analysis, developing understanding, generating algorithms, verification of requirements of algorithms including their correctness and resources consumption, and implementation (commonly referred to as coding) of algorithms in a target programming language. Source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to find a sequence of instructions that will automate performing a specific task or solving a given problem. The process of programming thus often requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the application domain, specialized algorithms and formal logic.
PROGRAMMING INDUSTRY JOBS • Coding • Debugging • Documentation • Integration • Maintenance • Requirements analysis • Software architecture • Software testing • Specification Some computer programmers work for a salary of £ 30 -40 k per year.
Ada King-Noel was the first ‘computer programmer’, she discovered what is thought to be the first computer algorithm in 1840. The photo to the right is of the ‘computer’ that created the algorithm for, however, the machine itself was designed by Charles Babbage; here is an example of a language he used:
MODERN PROGRAMMING Nowadays people are using what Ada discovered to create their own programming languages, the most popular ones include: C C# C-C++ HTML Java. Script GML Cobra
By Gabe And Giles
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