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Gregory Slater 9GP  Assignment 1 Information technology

My name is Gregory Slater, I was born on the 12 March 1996 in Parklands Hospital. I have a loving family of 4 which consists of my dad who owns the Ridge Kwik Spar, my mom who is a real estate agent and my brother who is a scholar at Virginia Prep in grade 5. I consider myself to be quite outgoing always trying to achieve my best. I surprize many as I am actually rather smart and have an 80% aggregate. I also enjoy playing sport, I play rugby, soccer, water polo, swimming and I attempt athletics. I have played sport all my life and really love doing it. I went to Virginia Prep and really enjoyed the school. I was a prefect there in my Grade 7 year to the shock of a few of my friends. I really enjoyed the role of being a prefect and it bought out many good qualities in me. I have a good sense of humour which I get from my dad. I am also extremely competitive as I try to win or be the best in most things I do.  __Achievements __ And many, many more!  **__Title: __****__Programming Language, the many different types __**  Many people have never heard of, not to say know what a programming language is. I will be telling you a bit about programming languages and detailing a few specifically. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A programming language is a technical language designed to give instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behaviour of a machine and to make them follow given instructions. Programming languages are a set of instructions that are changed into a mechanical code so that the computer can understand them and ultimately fulfil the instructions. Your computer is always following instructions from the moment you turn it on, this is all because of programming languages. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Different languages reflect the different needs of various applications, and make writing programs for those applications easier and faster to use. For example, if you want to write business programs, then you don't want to concentrate on all kinds of scientific concepts. If you want to write a program for medical billing, you will be wasting your time including code that will edit music or digital photographs. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Here are a few different types of computer languages... <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">HTML ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hyper Text Markup Language is the primary language of the World Wide Web that is used to define the structure and layout of web pages by using various tags and attributes. Although an important language of the web, the content created with HTML does not change. HTML is used to identify the content a webpage will contain, not how the page functions <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">C++ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">C++ is an object-oriented programming language that is viewed by many as the best language for creating large-scale applications. C++ is a superset of the C language. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Java is a related programming language that is based on C++ but improved the distribution of program objects in a network such as the Internet. Java is somewhat simpler and easier to learn than C++ and has characteristics that give it other advantages over C++. However, both languages require a large amount of study. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">C ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">C is a structured, procedural programming language that has been widely used both for operating systems and applications and that has had a wide following in the academic community. C is rapidly being replaced by C++. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">XML ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Extensible Mark-up Language is a language developed by the W3C which works like HTML, it allows for custom tags that are defined by programmers. XML allows the spread of data between applications and organizations through the use of its custom tags. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Java ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A language created by Sun MicroSystems that can be used to create applets, a program that is performed from within another program. The applets run inside webpages as well as software applications. Things you can do with Java include working together with the user by creating graphical programs and reading from files. Java is often confused with JavaScript, but they are two different languages. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">JavaScript ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A language made by Netscape. With JavaScript it is possible to communicate with HTML, create animations, create calculators and confirm forms. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">VBScript ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Visual Basic Scripting Edition is based on Visual Basic but is much simpler. VBScript is a language developed by Microsoft that works only in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and web browsers based on Internet Explorer. VBScript can be used to print dates, make calculations and interact with the user. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">PHP ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor and was created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf. PHP is a powerful language used for many tasks such as data encryption, database access and form confirmation. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Conclusion ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I had never thought of computer programming before, but this assignment has really opened up my eyes about the importance of it not only in our computers but in almost any machine in this modern day life. There are many types of programming languages which I thought were unnecessary when I first started this assignment but as I moved on with it I realized that this of the up most importance for our computers. Programming languages are the back bone to all computers and machines and although not many know about them, they are the reason we are all able to live the luxurious lives that we do. **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Bibliography ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|www.google.co.za] ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|wiki.answers.com] ** **__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Specifications: __**
 * About the Author**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">First team rugby and hockey at Virginia
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Becoming a Prefect
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">84% aggregate last year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">U14 A water polo and rugby last year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">U15 A water polo, swimming and rugby this year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">U14 and 15 E team for soccer
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Size 11 aerial font
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Single spacing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Intro and conclusion
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Multiple paragraphs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Justified
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2 pages