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program
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a description in a programming language of a process that achieves some result that is useful to someone. A program can be small or huge.
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algorithm
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is a description of a process apart from any programming language. The same algorithms may be implemented in many different languages in many different programs but they would all the the same process if we’re talking about the same algorithm.
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bit
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a wire with a voltage. If the wire does not contain voltage then it encodes 0. If the wire contains voltage it encodes 1.
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byte
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a set of 8 bits. The computer uses bytes to interpret numbers.
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