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The instructions in a computer program are in [[machine code]]; they are usually originally written in a computer [[programming language]], and translated to machine code using a computer program called a [[compiler]] or an [[Interpreter (computing)|interpreter]]. Sometimes the programming language is simply a set of abbreviations for the machine code instructions, called [[assembly language]] -- in this case, a program called an [[assembler]] is used to make the translation.

==Software==

Program is [[Colloquialism|sometimes]] used as a synonym for "[[computer software|software]]"; although the main part of any software is programs, software also often includes resource files that contain [[data]] of some kind; these are not part of the program ''per se''.

==Neural Networks==