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  2. Snippet (programming) - Wikipedia

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    Snippet is a programming term for a small region of re-usable source code, machine code, or text. Ordinarily, these are formally defined operative units to incorporate into larger programming modules. Snippet management is a feature of some text editors, program source code editors, IDEs, and related software.

  3. Literate programming - Wikipedia

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    Literate Programming by Donald Knuth is the seminal book on literate programming.. Literate programming is a programming paradigm introduced in 1984 by Donald Knuth in which a computer program is given as an explanation of how it works in a natural language, such as English, interspersed (embedded) with snippets of macros and traditional source code, from which compilable source code can be ...

  4. Programming language - Wikipedia

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    When compiled and run, it will give the output " Hello, world! ". A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. [1] Programming languages are described in terms of their syntax (form) and semantics (meaning), usually defined by a formal language.

  5. Lisp (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Lisp (programming language) Lisp (historically LISP, an abbreviation of "list processing") is a family of programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized prefix notation. [3] Originally specified in the late 1950s, it is the second-oldest high-level programming language still in common use, after Fortran.

  6. Comparison of programming languages - Wikipedia

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    The Computer Language Benchmarks Game site warns against over-generalizing from benchmark data, but contains a large number of micro-benchmarks of reader-contributed code snippets, with an interface that generates various charts and tables comparing specific programming languages and types of tests. Timeline of specific language comparisons

  7. OSI model - Wikipedia

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    Physical layer. The Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI) model is a reference model from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides a common basis for the coordination of standards development for the purpose of systems interconnection." [2] In the OSI reference model, the communications between systems are split ...

  8. Programming tool - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A programming tool or software development tool is a computer program that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications. The term usually refers to relatively simple programs, that can be combined to accomplish a task, much as one might use multiple hands to fix a physical object.

  9. Assembly language - Wikipedia

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    Assembly language (or Assembler) is a compiled, low-level computer language. It is processor-dependent since it basically translates the Assembler's mnemonics directly into the commands a particular CPU understands, on a one-to-one basis. These Assembler mnemonics are the instruction set for that processor.