Computer programming is the process of performing particular computations (or more generally, accomplishing specific
computing results), usually by designing and building executable computer programs. Programming involves tasks such as
analysis, generating algorithms, profiling algorithms' accuracy and resource consumption, and the implementation of
algorithms (usually in a particular programming language, commonly referred to as coding). The source code of a
program is written in one or more languages that are intelligible to programmers, rather than machine code, which is
directly executed by the central processing unit. The purpose of programming is to find a sequence of instructions that
will automate the performance of a task (which can be as complex as an operating system) on a computer, often for
solving a given problem. Proficient programming thus usually requires expertise in several different subjects, including
knowledge of the application domain, specialized algorithms, and formal logic.
