A set of commands that cause a computer to operate one or more
tasks. The set of commands is commonly called a program or if the
set is specifically large and complex, a system. Computers cannot do
any beneficial work without commands from software; thus a association
of software and hardware is essential to do any
computerized work. A program must tell the computer each of a set of
minuscule tasks to execute, in a framework of logic, such that the
computer knows exactly what to do and when to do it. See also Computer
programming.
Programs are created in programming languages, particularly designed to
easy the development of software. In the 1950s, programming
languages were numerical languages normally inherent by computer
hardware; commonly, programmers said they were writing such programs in
machine language.

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