Introduction to Programming
Explore the basics of programming by learning how to instruct a computer using programming languages. Understand what programming means, how computers execute tasks, and get introduced to Java, the language used in this course.
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In this introductory section, we will decipher the term programming and understand its usage.
Programming in layman’s terms
Instructing a machine to perform various tasks is called programming, and when that machine is specifically a computer, then we use the term computer programming.
✏️ Note: We’ll use the terms programming and computer programming interchangeably.
You must be wondering what we mean when we say, “instructing a computer”. This means to guide the computer to do anything you want it to do. But how do you guide a computer?
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