What is a computer program? What is computer programming?
- A program is a collection or sequence of instruction which performs a specific task on a computer.
- Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.
- This source code is written in one or more programming languages (such as Java, C, C++, python, etc.).
- The purpose of programming is to create a set of instructions that computers use to perform specific operations or to exhibit desired behaviors.
- Writing computer programs means writing instructions, that will make the computer follow and run a program based on those instructions.
