CMPS 002 - Computer Literacy

Prof. Paulo Franca

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• Schedule

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• submit work
• take lab quiz
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Links

• UC Santa Cruz
• School of Engineering
• ACM
• IEEE

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Datacare   Ahshay

Software

What is ... ?

What kind ?

system software

application software

utility software

Web software (No software)

How do we make?

Programmer needs to tell the computer detailed description of what to do

Machine Language

Programming Languages

• Fortran  ... FORmula TRANslation good for math
• Cobol         Great for structured information
• Pascal        Used to be good for learning
• C                 Used to be good for skilled developers, cryptic
• C++           Improved on C, objects, easier to reuse software
• Java            Good for the web, multi-platform, similar to C++

• Javascript  Good for the web, multi-platform, no compiler needed!