# Computer programming
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** graph-network
- **Microsimmability score:** 28/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Nodes` (number of nodes)
- `Edge density` (fraction of possible links present)
- `Edge cost` (weight scale on links)
### What animates
A network of nodes and weighted edges lays out on the canvas; a path or flow is traced and re-routed as topology and costs change.
### Learning objective
Relate routing, critical paths, and delay to network topology and costs.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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· [[Mathematical_optimization]] · [[Mathematical_software]] · `Maurice_Wilkes` · `Memory_leak` · [[Metamodeling]] · `Michael_Halvorson` · `Microsoft` · `Microsoft_Developer_Network` · `Microsoft_Press` · `Microsoft_Solutions_Framework` · `Middleware` · `Mitchell_Waite` · `Mobile_computing` · `Model-driven_engineering` · `Model_of_computation` · `Modeling_language` · `Multi-task_learning` · `Multimedia_database` · [[Multiprocessing]] · [[Multithreading_(computer_architecture)]] · `Music_sequencer` · `Natural_language_processing` · `Network_architecture` · `Network_performance` · `Network_scheduler` · `Network_security` · `Network_service` · `Networking_hardware` · `Niklaus_Wirth` · `Noel_Sharkey` · [[Non-functional_requirement]] · `Numerical_analysis` · `O'Reilly_Media` · `Object-oriented_programming` · `Object_Management_Group` · `Object_model` · `Off-by-one_error` · `Online_integrated_development_environment` · [[Ontology_(information_science)]] · `Open_source` · `Operating_system` · [[Operations_research]] · `Oracle_Corporation` · `Organised_Sound` · [[Orthogonality_(programming)]] · `Outline_of_computer_programming` · `Outline_of_computer_science` · `Outline_of_software_development` · `Outline_of_the_C++_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_C_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_C_sharp_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_JavaScript_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_Java_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_Perl_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_Python_programming_language` · `Outline_of_the_Rust_programming_language` · `P._J._Plauger` · `PC/Computing` · `Pair_programming` · `Parallel_computing` · `Parsing` · `Pascal_(programming_language)` · `Performance_engineering` · `Peripheral` · `Personal_software_process` · `Peter_Norton` · `Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence` · `Photograph_manipulation` · `Plugboard` · `Prentice_Hall` · `Printed_circuit_board` · [[Probability]] · `Procedural_programming` · `Processor_(computing)` · 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## From the Real GENERATIVE library
*Computer programming — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Engineering room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_lovelace.jpg).*
> Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks.[1][2] It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of procedures, by writing code in one or more programming languages. Programmers typically use high-level programming languages that a ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks.[1][2] It involves designing and implementing algorithms, step-by-step specifications of procedures, by writing code in one or more programmi...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Computer programming
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render graph-network; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Computer_programming)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Systems_engineering]].
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