Computer Programming Functions: Get to Know What They Are..

4 08 2009

When it comes to computer programming vocabulary, there are so many terminologies that people who do not have enough know-how tend to become lost and confused.  One term could be translated into so many different names in different languages.  For example, the following words are quite similar: Functions, Programs, Subroutines, Procedures, Subprograms, or Subqueries.  The only question now is which of these terms could stand on their own.

Theoretically speaking, computer programming avoids the duplication of any code in multiple spaces.  For example, one institution utilizing the programs could have some libraries of different thousands or even more programs with billions of basic code lines.  With such intricate case, duplication could still be avoided.  Let us say that an error message occurs because the collection now needs to have an additional ‘member’. Read the rest of this entry »





BASIC: A Computer Programming Language..

4 08 2009

Computer programming has its own language, and that’s just the beginning of the software adventure. There are many different languages in computer programming, and all of them have their own purposes. In order to understand the importance of computer programming languages, knowing them, and tweaking them, one has to understand the importance of computer programming. Computer programming produces software packages, among other things, to meet our needs. We may need software for accounting, making photos bigger or smaller, or editing our home videos. Behind all these software packages are the computer programmers who use their individual languages in order to create the software.

One such computer programming language is the Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, or BASIC. BASIC is actually composed of many different kinds of programming languages that are actually higher level than most other languages. This BASIC family of computer programming languages was first designed in the 1960’s, and was originally made for non-science people to gain better access to computers. During that time, using a computer required that a person write customized software, a task that only mathematicians and scientists were equipped to do. The BASIC language was therefore a bridge for people of other professions to take advantage of the power of computers. Read the rest of this entry »








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