Computer program
hideComputer programs (also software programs, or just programs) are instructions for a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute the instructions. The same program in its human-readable source code form, from which executable programs are derived (e.g., compiled), enables a programmer to study and develop the algorithm.
Computer source code is often written by professional computer programmers. Source code is written in a programming language that usually follows one of two main paradigms: imperative or declarative programming. Source code may be converted into an executable file (sometimes called an executable program or a binary) by a compiler. Alternatively, computer programs may be executed by a central processing unit with the aid of an interpreter, or may be embedded directly into hardware (in which case it is more widely known under the term 'firmware', as something 'between' software and hardware).
Computer programs may be categorized along functional lines: system software and application software. And many computer programs may run simultaneously on a single computer, a process known as multitasking.
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Artificial Intelligence Shuffles Schedules, Cuts Patients' Wait Times
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the same artificial intelligence (AI) underlying NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is now streamlining patient care at Strong Memorial Hospital, helping radiologists and technologists ...
US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon
Dec 17, 2009 |
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The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.
Arts and sciences join to develop greener, more efficient conferences and exhibits
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Santanu Majumdar spent his years as a graphic design graduate student developing a project that might sound counterintuitive for a student of fine arts - a software program made to simplify information gathering at conferences ...
A virtual physician's conference
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Telemedicine facilitates communication between family physicians, hospitals and nursing services -- yet current solutions lack flexibility and are consequently very expensive. A new software program is now ...
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Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand
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Dec 23, 2009 |
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Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand.
Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower ...
'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message ...
HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.
French technology upstart challenges Google
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- France's efforts to digitize its culture, from Marcel Proust's manuscripts to the first films of the legendary Lumiere brothers, long have been bogged down by the country's reluctance to rely on help from American ...
Smart phones are making Wi-Fi hotspots hot again
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Lisa Helminiak, who uses her iPhone as a computer as much as to talk, has declared her independence from the slow cell phone network. Instead of using AT&T's network, she's using her phone's Wi-Fi capability to connect to ...
Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building ...
Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems
Dec 16, 2009 |
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The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...
Microsoft to let Europeans pick browser in EU deal
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(AP) -- More than 100 million Europeans will get to pick a Web browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines - a move that could represent a real thawing of long-standing ...
US university coding future of news
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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Personalized newscasts culled from the Web and presented by digital avatars. Baseball stories written by computers using raw data.
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