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Exposure to Computer Disciplines Balraj Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 10: Programming Language

CONTENTS
Objectives

10.1 Basic of Programming
10.1.1 Why Programming?

10.1.2 What Programmers Do?

10.2 Levels of Language in Computer Programming
10.2.1 Machine Language

10.2.2 Assembly Languages
10.2.3 High-Level Languages

10.2.4 Very High-Level Languages

10.2.5 Query Languages
10.2.6 Natural Languages

10.2.7 Choosing a Language

10.3 Summary
10.4 Keywords

10.5 Self-Assessment Questions

10.6 Review Questions
10.7 Further Reading

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Understand Basic of Programming.

• Explain Levels of Language in Computer Programming.

10.1 Basic of Programming

Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of designing,
writing, testing, debugging / troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer
programs. This source code is written in a programming language. The purpose of programming
is to create a program that exhibits a certain desired behaviour. The process of writing source
code often requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the application
domain, specialized algorithms and formal logic.

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