Age 7Sample7-year-old · 2nd grade
The idea, then the words
From What is Computation? · Ana Bell & Eric Grimson
The idea is the algorithm. The words for the machine are the program. Big jobs are small steps, repeated.
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The algorithm is…
Big jobs in a computer are mostly…