Introduction to Programming

Question 1

What is Programming?

Answer 1

Is the process of writing instructions that a computer can read, interpret and use to complete a computing task.

Question 2

Input-Process-Output Model

Answer 2

• Input takes data from a varierty of sources (keyboards, microphone, mouse).
• Process these inputs in a variety of ways.
• They output the resutls of the processing to a vaeriety of different devices (speakers, monitor).

Question 3

What are some of the common programming languages?

Answer 3

• Python
• C++
• Java
• PHP
• C#
• Javascript

Question 4

What is a compiler and interpreter?

Answer 4

• Compiler is a program that turns programming language into machine code to be executed by a computer.
• Interpreter is a program works the same as compiler, but works line by line.