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What is coding? Next part 3..

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What is coding? Hybrid Translators A hybrid translator is a combination of the Interpreter and Compiler. A popular hybrid programming language is  Java . Java first compiles your source code to an intermediate format known as the  Bytecode . The Bytecode is then interpreted and executed by a runtime engine also known as a Virtual machine. This enables the hybrid translators to run the bytecode on various operating systems. Assemblers There’s the Assembler as well for translating low-level Assembly language to binary. For this series, we will only focus on the High level languages. A good way to look at Translators is to see them as a program in themselves. You need to download or get them, install them on your computer system and understand their basic workings. An Often Asked Question Here’s a question beginners usually ask. What language do I learn first? There are hundreds of programming languages. They are ranked by popularity, community, long term support, pedagogy, business use.

Electronic data processing

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Electronic data processing Main article:  Data storage device  ... Electronic data processing.. Early electronic computers such as  Colossus  made use of  punched tape , a long strip of paper on which data was represented by a series of holes, a technology now obsolete. [14]  Electronic data storage, which is used in modern computers, dates from World War II, when a form of  delay line memory  was developed to remove the clutter from  radar  signals, the first practical application of which was the mercury delay line. [15]  The first  random-access  digital storage device was the  Williams tube , based on a standard  cathode ray tube , [16]  but the information stored in it and delay line memory was volatile in that it had to be continuously refreshed, and thus was lost once power was removed. The earliest form of non-volatile computer storage was the  magnetic drum , invented in 1932 [17]  and used in the  Ferranti Mark 1 , the world's first commercially available general-purpose

History of computer technology

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History of computer technology.. Main article:  History of computing hardware History of computer technology.. Devices  have been used to aid computation for thousands of years, probably initially in the form of a  tally stick . [7]  The  Antikythera mechanism , dating from about the beginning of the first century BC, is generally considered to be the earliest known mechanical  analog computer , and the earliest known geared mechanism. [8]  Comparable geared devices did not emerge in Europe until the 16th century, and it was not until 1645 that the first  mechanical calculator  capable of performing the four basic arithmetical operations was developed. [9] History of computer technology.. Electronic computers , using either  relays  or  valves , began to appear in the early 1940s. The  electromechanical   Zuse Z3 , completed in 1941, was the world's first  programmable  computer, and by modern standards one of the first machines that could be considered a complete  computing  machi

Characteristics of Educational Technology

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Characteristics of Educational Technology..   Characteristics of Educational Technology.. Characteristics of Educational Technology are as follows: 1. It is based on scientific and technological advancements. 2. It is more a practical discipline and less a theoretical one. 3. It is a fast growing modern discipline. 4. It makes use of the research findings of psychology, sociology, engineering, sciences and social psychology etc., and applies the same to the field of education. 5. It brings pupils, teachers and technical means together in an effective way. 6. It is the science of techniques and methods. It locates the problems in the field of education, remedies them and ultimately aims at improving the education system. 7. It is bound to improve the teacher, the learner and the teaching learning process. Nature of Educational Technology 1. The basis of educational technology is science. 2. Educational Technology studies the effect of science and technology upon education. In other word