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ALSO CALLED: Applications Programming, Application Programming, Software Programming, and Computer Programming
DEFINITION: In computing, a program is a specific set of ordered operations for a computer to perform. In the modern computer that John von Neumann outlined in 1945, the program contains a one-at-a-time sequence of instructions that the computer follows. Typically, the program is put into a storage  … 
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SearchSoftwareQuality.com eGuide: Software Testing and Debugging
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 20 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: Software Testing and Debugging provides an overview of how to detect and test code performance and security vulnerabilities early in the development cycle.

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Controlling Software Complexity: The Business Case for Static Source Code Analysis
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 03 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper discusses how static source code analysis can be used to find critical defects and security vulnerabilities in C/C++ and Java source code.

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The Next Generation of Static Analysis: Boolean Satisfiability and Path Simulation
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WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 03 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper will provide a brief overview of the history of static analysis and explain how the use of SAT in static analysis is enabling developers to improve the quality and security of their code.

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PROGRAMMING DEFINITION (continued): …  area accessible to the computer. The computer gets one instruction and performs it and then gets the next instruction. The storage area or memory can also contain the data that the instruction operates on. (Note that a program is also a special kind of "data" that tells how to operate on "application or user data.")

Programs can be characterized as interactive or batch in terms of what drives them and how continuously they run. An interactive program receives data from an interactive … 
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