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A '''computer program''', or just a '''program''', is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task, or automate the solution to a problem, on a computer. | [[File:Hello_world_c.svg|250px|thumb|"hello world" computer program from 1974 Bell Laboratories internal memorandum by Brian Kernighan, ''Programming in C: A Tutorial'', which contains the first known version of hello world.]]A '''computer program''', or just a '''program''', is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task, or automate the solution to a problem, on a computer. | ||
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File:Hello world c.svg
"hello world" computer program from 1974 Bell Laboratories internal memorandum by Brian Kernighan, Programming in C: A Tutorial, which contains the first known version of hello world.
A computer program, or just a program, is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task, or automate the solution to a problem, on a computer.
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