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                  Test Your Knowledge                                                        21 st  Century   #Critical Thinking
                                                                                                 Skills

                    State true or false.
                    1.   Flowchart is a set of instructions that can be followed to perform a specific task,
                       workflow or process.

                    2.   An algorithm is a set of steps in a sequential manner to solve a problem or
                       to complete a task.
                    3.   Flowcharts are used to analyse, design, document or manage a process or program
                       in various fields.




                 We have already learnt that computers follow certain steps to perform any task, and when we perform
                 a sequence of steps to solve any problem, it is called an algorithm. Let us now learn about computer
                 languages used to develop programs.


                 COMPUTER LANGUAGE


                 To communicate with computers, we need some special languages known as computer languages or
                 programming languages. A computer language is the medium by which instructions are transmitted
                 to the computer to perform a specific task. It is a set of words, symbols, and codes that the computer can
                 understand. We use it to write computer programs. A computer program is a set of instructions written
                 in a programming language. The process of writing a program is called programming. Programmers
                 are the people who write the programs.

                 There are several programming languages worldwide. Some languages were developed for specific
                 computers, while others were developed for specific uses such as scientific or business applications.






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