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[[nl:computerprogramma]] [[zh: %E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F]]
A '''computer program''' tells a [[computer]] what the computer should do. It is a
A computer without a program does absolutely nothing.
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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]]. 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.
It is 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''. An abstract program is sometimes called an [[algorithm]].
Computer programs are now also the subject of [[mathematics]] - for example,
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An alternative British spelling is '''computer programme''', although this is rare and the British spelling in this context is generally 'program'.
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