This is the term used to describe the different methods of using computer, operating it and communicating with it. The several methods of operating computers are:
Batch processing:
Here, the programs and data are processed in groups, that is only when all the necessary input are ready.
Time – Sharing:
Here, the processing time is shared in turn between different users so as to provide many access to computer
Real Time:
The computer is made here to process data as quickly as possible.
Interactive Programming:
It is a programming method where both the computer and the end user can communicate with each other from both ends.
The Source Programs:
It is the program that the user writers. Examples are COBOL, BASIC, and FORTRAN and LOGO.
The Object Program:
The translator or complier works on the source program and it becomes a machine code or object code which computer can then understand for it to execute before giving out results.