COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS
WHAT IS PROGRAMMING
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runs hundreds of instructions
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runs thousands of instructions
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A set of instructions that directs a computer’s hardware to perform a task is called a program, or software program.
Detailed explanation-2: -The job of the CPU is to execute programs. A program is simply a list of unambiguous instructions meant to be followed mechanically by a computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -An executable file (EXE file) is a computer file that contains an encoded sequence of instructions that the system can execute directly when the user clicks the file icon. Executable files commonly have an EXE file extension, but there are hundreds of other executable file formats.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. We call it as Program. Programming language is used to give set of instruction to computer. Compiler is used to translate the programming language in machine language so that computer can understand what set of instruction it has got.