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Programming is the process of creating instructions for computers using various languages like JavaScript and Python. Notable facts include Ada Lovelace being the first programmer, the cognitive benefits of learning programming, and the existence of 690 programming languages. Additionally, the term 'computer bug' originated from a real moth found in a computer, highlighting the historical context of programming.

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Cool Facts About Programming

Programming is the process of creating instructions for computers using various languages like JavaScript and Python. Notable facts include Ada Lovelace being the first programmer, the cognitive benefits of learning programming, and the existence of 690 programming languages. Additionally, the term 'computer bug' originated from a real moth found in a computer, highlighting the historical context of programming.

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Computer 10:

Programming
What is Programming?
Programming is the process of creating a set of instructions
that tell a computer how to perform a task. 

Programming can be done using a variety of


computer programming languages, such as JavaScript,
Python, and C++.
seven Cool Facts About
Programming.
1
The First Computer
Programmer Was a Female
Mathematician 
The first programmer in the world was a female
mathematician. Her name was Ada Lovelace and she
worked on writing an algorithm for the analytical
engine back in the 1,800’s.
2
The Earliest Programmable
Computer
Many machines did simple
math, but Charles Babbage’s
Analytical Machine was the
first computer we consider
“programmable”
3
Learning Programming has
stunning cognitive-related
benefits
Learning Programming has stunning cognitive-related benefits,
such as problem-solving, computational thinking, analytical
thinking, creative thinking, leadership-related skills, and even
teamwork.
4
It Can make you a
billionaire
Markus Persson created Minecraft, releasing it
to the general public in 2009. By 2014, he'd sold
it to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. Persson isn't the
only man to find success coding his own games
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak began their
careers by creating the arcade game Breakout.
There is big money in the world of coding.
5
Diverse languages
There are 690 Programming Languages in total
including current and historical ones.
6
The computer virus wasn't
designed to be harmful
Programmer Fred Cohen was known for designing anti-virus
software. he came up with a computer virus that was able to
seize a computer, make copies of itself and then spread from
unit to unit. he did the job a little too well and the virus was
born, much to the delight of hackers everywhere.
7
The word computer “bug” was
inspired by a real bug
• While the term ‘bug’ in the meaning of technical error was
first coined by Thomas Edison in 1878, it took another 6o
years for someone else to popularize the term.
• In 1947, Grace Hopper, an admiral in the US Navy recorded
the first computer ‘bug’in her log book as she was working
on a Mark II computer.
• A moth was discovered stuck in a relay and thereby
hindering the operation. Before it was recorded on her note,
the moth had been ‘debugged’ from the system.
• On her note, she wrote, “First actual case of bug being
found.”
End.

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