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'''End-user computing''' (EUC) refers to systems in which non-programmers can create working [[Application software|application]]s.<ref name="EUC">{{cite conference | url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1120304 | title=End-user computing | publisher=[[Association for Computing Machinery]] | accessdate=30 December 2015 | author=Goodall, Howie | booktitle=CHI EA '97 CHI '97 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems | date = March 1997 | conference=ACM CHI 97 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference | ___location=Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America | pages=132-132 | idisbn=ISBN: 0-89791-926-2}}</ref> EUC is a group of approaches to computing that aim to better integrate [[user (computing)|end users]] into the computing environment. These approaches attempt to realize the potential for high-end computing to perform [[Problem solving|problem-solving]] in a trustworthy manner.<ref>McBride, Neil, "[http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~nkm/EUC1.html Towards User-Oriented control of End-User Computing in Large Organizations]"</ref><ref>Mahmood, Adam, [http://www.idea-group.com/bookseries/details.asp?id=3 Advances in End User Computing Series] University of Texas, USA, ISSN: 1537–9310</ref>

End-user computing can range in complexity from users simply clicking a series of buttons, to writing scripts in a controlled [[scripting language]], to being able to modify and execute code directly.