| Given the impact of computer programming
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| | program had to be devised to operate a
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| on our daily lives, it is easy to forget
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| | specific machine. The machines could be
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| it is a relatively new development,
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| | reprogrammed, but the information could
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| particularly on a wide scale usage as we
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| | not be stored. Every change required
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| see today.
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| | reprogramming again. In 1954, FORTRAN
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| The story of computer programming might
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| | became the first "computer programming
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| be traced back as far as 1206 when an
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| | language" that could be used to write the
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| Arab scholar and inventor named Al-Jazari
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| | codes that would now be stored in the
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| made a humanoid robot that was operated
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| | memory of the computing device. COBOL and
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| by a series of cams and levers. The cams
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| | other unique languages soon followed.
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| and levers could be "programmed" to
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| | The last few decades have seen a sudden
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| produce various reactions and operations.
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| | leap of technology in the area of
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| This was the essence of programming. It
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| | programming. It was like a dam had burst
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| is a method of giving instructions to a
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| | and the waters of change swept like a
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| machine.
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| | flood over the landscape. Rapid increases
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| The Jacqurd Loom in 1801 and the
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| | in processing ability and the ability to
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| Analytical Engine made by Charles Babbage
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| | make the physical size of memory hardware
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| in 1830 used punch cards to give the
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| | smaller and smaller while their capacity
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| instructions to the machine. These two
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| | increased created the modern world of the
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| devices were early developments that
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| | computer that we enjoy today.
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| would ultimately lead to programming as
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| | The role of programming has become more
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| it is done today. This early step was the
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| | complex, but it has also not changed from
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| recognition that there was a need to find
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| | its fundamental purpose. The programmer
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| a way to feed information that was
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| | still must give the machine the
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| written by humans into the machine. The
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| | instructions that it needs to perform its
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| punch card was the foundation of the data
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| | intended function. Although this function
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| processing revolution and for the next
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| | has changed from simple computing to
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| 100 years, it was the method that was
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| | incredible graphic games and massive data
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| used to program and operate the
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| | control, the programmer must still write
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| calculating devices that would usher in
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| | his program in a language that he
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| the computer age.
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| | understands, but can also be understood
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| It was the invention of the Von Neuman
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| | by the computer. The history of
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| Architecture that made it possible to
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| | programming as it is today may very well
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| store different programs into memory.
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| | be only chapter one of a longer saga.
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| Prior to this development, a single
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