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A '''computer program''' tells a [[computer]] what the computer should do. (AnA alternative British spelling'[[program]]' is '''computera programme''',series althoughof theinstructions Britishto spellingbe executed in thisorder. contextA iscomputer nowprogram generallyconsists 'program')of a set of instructions that the computer understands.

A '[[program]]' is a series of instructions to be executed in order. A computer program consists of a set of instructions that the computer understands.

A computer without a program does absolutely nothing.

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It is sometimes used as a synonym for "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. An abstract program is sometimes called an [[algorithm]].

An alternative British spelling is '''computer programme''', although this is rare and the British spelling in this context is generally 'program'.

see also: [[Computer software]], [[programming language]], [[Turing machine]]