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Learn about the differences between compiling and interpreting, and which languages fall into each category.

Learn about Object Oriented Programming.

Learn about the programming language Pascal.

About the programming language C#

Explains what an Operating System is and isn't, how programmers use them and how applications are run.

Definition of binary

Learn about the programming language C

C for Beginners- Learn about C, what it's for, how it compares with other computer programming languages and how to get started programming.

C# for Beginners- Learn about C#, what it's for, how it compares with other computer programming languages and how to get started programming.

C++ for Beginners- Learn about C++, what it's for, how it compares with other computer programming languages and how to get started programming.

Definition of a Class

Comparison of C,C++ and C# against other popular programming languages highlighting their strengths and weaknesses

Definition of a CPU

Definition of Array

Definition of Assembly Language

Definition of Bool

Definition of Bytecode

Definition of Float

Definition of Machine Code

Definition of Operating System

Definition of Overriding

Definition of Privileged Instructions

Definition of Program

Definition of Type

Definition of Variable

Definition of dot net.

Definition of a Function

A look forward over the 12 months in regard to programming languages and what the year will bring (or not).

An article about getting started with using SCons on Windows (and also Linux).

Index page for glossary items starting with A

Glossary of programming terms

Index page for glossary entries staring with A

Definition of hexadecimal

A look at Cygwin and MinGW, ways of building and running Unix applications on Windows plus the differences between Cygwin and MinGW.

Definition of Int

Definition of Interpreter

This describes Object Oriented Programming in simple terms and explains how it differs from procedural programming and the concepts of encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism

Definition of Kernel

Learn about the calling conventions used by functions in dlls, and the technicalities involved when writing cross platform or multi language code.

Definition of Managed Code

This is one of a series of articles about my experiences developing an online game in C# running on a Windows VPS, with PostgreSQL and PHP technologies

Definition - Object

Definition of Pointer

Definition of Porting

Explains Procedural Programming.

Definition of a Procedure

Defines Random Access Memory

RapberryPI, a very low cost ($25) credit card computer is almost available. Find out more about it and its capabilities

Defines Read Only Memory (ROM)

Learn about the Software Lifecycle approach to developing software.

Definition of Source Code

The State of C,C++ and C# at the end of 2011, a look at the three languages and where they'll be in 2012

Learn how to get the best of this topic and what resources, free downloads, tutorials are offered on C, C++ and C#

Learn what a compiler does, how it analyzes the source code of the program then generates machine code.

This explains what a programming language is, what it's used for and which programming languages are most popular.

Learn about how random numbers are generated, distributions, Linear Congruential Generators and more.

Learn what makes a database, the different types of database, what normalization is about and a brief overview of SQL.

Learn about variables, the different types of data that can be stored in a variable including ints, floats, objects, structs and strings.

Learn a programming technique that will improve your code's reliability and reduce the number of bugs.

What is aps.net is an overview of Microsoft's web technology used to power sophisticated web sites and web applications

This describes data compression, the different types of compression such as lossy or lossless and how compression is used everyday in computing.

Learn about encryption and how messages are disguised.

Find out what is involved with programming, what happens and some of the things you can do with it.

This explains about public and private key encryption, digital certificates, digital signing and how it is used to verify identities and websites.

Learn what makes a computer tick. How does software fit into the big picture and what exactly is RAM or ROM?

Explains the term Win 32