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    5                                  Introduction to

                                                                 Programming

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                              Computer Languages                                      Language Translator
                              Working of Language Translators

                       Let’s PLug-in                                                                        Critical Thinking

                         State whether the following statements are 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 in analysing, designing, documenting or managing 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 LANGUAGES

                      To communicate with the computers, we need some special languages which are called 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. It is used 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. People who write the programs are called programmers.
                      There are a number of programming  languages  worldwide.  Some  languages  were developed  for
                      specific computers, others were developed for specific uses such as scientific or business applications.

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