Be sure to check the official set of requirements in effect. Tell what a program is and how it is developed. Give 3 examples of programming languages and what types of programming they are used for. Describe a source program and an object program. Use the materials given below.
Programs are instructions that tell computers to do something.
Check out some of the definitions in the glossaries . You will learn how to develop one for requirement 5c . Usually you develop a list of the requirements for a program, design it, code or write it in a programming language, and then try it out on a computer with the help of a compiler or interpreter. If there are errors you have to repeat one or more of the above stages, making suitable corrections. One popular programming language is Java.