WEEK-1-OVERVIEW-OF-COMPUTERS-AND-PROGRAMMING (1).pdf

A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Logic, Introductory An Overview of Computers and Programming OBJECTIVES Understanding Computer Systems Understanding Simple Program Logic Understanding Program Development Cycle Pseudocode and Flowchart Understanding Programming Environment Understandin...

A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Logic, Introductory An Overview of Computers and Programming OBJECTIVES Understanding Computer Systems Understanding Simple Program Logic Understanding Program Development Cycle Pseudocode and Flowchart Understanding Programming Environment Understanding User Environment Understanding the Evolution of Programming Model  UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER SYSTEMS Computer system Combination of all the components required to process and store data using a computer. Hardware Equipment associated with a computer. Software Computer instructions. Tell the hardware what to do. Programs Instructions written by programmers PROGCON  UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER SYSTEMS Programming Writing software instructions Computer hardware and software accomplish three major operations: Input Data items enter computer Processing By Central Processing Unit (CPU) Output for all views, and the results are executed from the computer PROGCON  Understanding Computer Systems Programming language Use to write computer instructions Examples Visual Basic, C#, C++, or Java Syntax Rules governing its word usage and punctuation. PROGCON Coding the Program JAVA System.out.print (“enter an integer:”); C++ cout