Hello All,
Last week Professor Drake said, "The purpose of language is to help us think, each word in our language denotes a concept." When he said that I nodded my head in agreement. I realized that he was not just talking about us as humans, he was also referring to how computers operate. He told us how one word can actually denote many concepts. For example if I were to log on to google.com and type in computers many different aspects of computers would come up.
I found that like us language is what computers use to understand. For example saying a computer is compatible with a certain program is saying it understands it. Here's a link for IBM COBOL programming language. On this site they specify the compatibilities of IBM COBOL.
I find this to be helpful to people who are connected to computers in any way. Whether you're buying a computer or selling a computer it's important to know about the language of the product. If I were considering a purchase of a computer I would want to know what it was capable of. I want to know what programs I can effectively use on it and everything. If I were the one selling the computer I would feel the need to have a knowledge of the computers' language so that I could better explain the benefits of it. It would also help me to cater to what the customer is looking for. So on either hand computer language is important and we should all become familiar with it.
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ReplyDeleteI am inclined to agree with Kelcie. Understanding any product and its process is important if you intend to buy, sell, or trade it. Although I may disagree with her in the fact that you probably do not need to know the language of a computer when you are buying one(as most people do not even consider it). I will admit however, that it is very important to understand the compatibilities of the computer with different programs or devices.
ReplyDeleteI admit that I have no idea about anything that has to do with computers. I don't understand really what any of it does. I suppose that before buying another computer I should research it. I really agree with both of you. I don't know that much about compatibility between software and a certain computer.
ReplyDeleteIn 1960, COBOL showed that compatibility could be achieved when the program was run on two different computers: an RCA computer and a Remington-Rand Univac. In 1968 the American National Standard Institute developed a standard form of the language. It has been revised several times and has evolved into what we know today. It is used on operating systems (that your link mentions) such as IBM's z/OS, Microsoft's Windows, and the POSIX families (Unix/Linux etc.).
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