mchs 1 - what is programming?
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First lesson in programming course for MCHS 4th Year students.TRANSCRIPT
Opening PrayerALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who has committed to Your holy Church the care and nurture of Your children;
Enlighten with Your wisdom those who teach andthose who learn, that, rejoicing in the knowledge of Your truth, they may worship You and serve You from generation to generation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Miriam of Nazareth,
Teach us your ways and lead us to Jesus.
Programming 101
References
• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/program.html
• http://www.basic256.org/index_en
• http://lifehacker.com/5401954/programmer-101-teach-yourself-how-to-code
Recitation Agreements
What is a program?
Description• (n) An organized list of instructions that, when
executed, causes the computer to behave in a predetermined manner. Without programs, computers are useless.
• A program is like a recipe. It contains a list of ingredients (called variables) and a list of directions (called statements) that tell the computer what to do with the variables. The variables can represent numeric data, text, or graphical images.
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Quiz no. 1
True or False (20 points)
1.0001 0011 0011 10112.1101 0111 0001 10013.1111 0001 1101 11114.0000 1100 0101 11015.0001 0011 0011 1011
How do computers understand us?
Meet Vangie
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rizCzkeNI
Levels of ProgrammingLanguage
Levels of Programming Language• High Level Language – a programming
language that make use of abstracts in bridging communication between the programmer and the machine.
• Assembly Language – a second generation language that allows programmers to substitute numerical Machine language commands into words.
• Machine Language – a programming language expressed in numbers or hexadecimal codes that can be directly communicated to the computer’s hardware components. (see how a hardrive works)
Closing Prayer
Loving God, thank you for giving us clear thoughts and infinite curiosity;
Continue to fill us with burning passion, so that we may continue to pursue further learning with our topic, and develop skills we need for our journey here on earth;
We ask these gifts from You, in Jesus name, Amen.
Miriam of Nazareth,
Teach us your ways and lead us to Jesus.