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    This lecture introduces programming languages and explains that they allow humans to write instructions for computers to understand and work with. It discusses that computers speak machine code and programming languages act as a set of rules for computers to understand human instructions. The lecture also notes that programming languages have developed over the years as more people have contributed to the field, though many existing software products still use older programming languages.

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    This lecture introduces programming languages and explains that they allow humans to write instructions for computers to understand and work with. It discusses that computers speak machine code and programming languages act as a set of rules for computers to understand human instructions. The lecture also notes that programming languages have developed over the years as more people have contributed to the field, though many existing software products still use older programming languages.

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    CHEAT+SHEET+ +What+is+a+Language

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    This lecture introduces programming languages and explains that they allow humans to write instructions for computers to understand and work with. It discusses that computers speak machine code and programming languages act as a set of rules for computers to understand human instructions. The lecture also notes that programming languages have developed over the years as more people have contributed to the field, though many existing software products still use older programming languages.

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    LECTURE

    What is a language? SUMMARY

    PRE-PROGRAMMING

    Covered in this lecture:

    Explaining programming languages

    Programming is a way to write instructions for a

    computer to understand and work with

    Computers speak machine code

    A programming language is a set of rules you have to

    follow in order for your computer to understand you

    Programming languages are similar to human languages.

    They are only good for software or hardware that is

    designed to understand them

    Programming has developed over the years as more and

    more people contributed to it

    Even though newer languages are more efficient, a lot of

    products (ex. operating systems) we use are still based

    on old languages

    See you next lecture!

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