Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A program is a list of instructions written in a programming language that is used to control the behavior of a machine, often a computer (in this case it is known as a computer program). Note that ''program'' (not ''programme'') is the standard spelling for this sense of the word ...Full description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A program is a list of instructions written in a programming language that is used to control the behavior of a machine, often a computer (in this case it is known as a computer program). Note that ''program'' (not ''programme'') is the standard spelling for this sense of the word in all versions of English. Examples of programs include: The sequence of cards used by a Jacquard loom to produce a given pattern within weaved cloth. Invented in 1801, it used holes in punched cards to represent sewing loom arm movements in order to generate decorative patterns automatically. A file containing a list of instructions to be executed by a computer.