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  2. Word processor program - Wikipedia

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    A word processor program is an application program that provides word processing functions. The most basic of them include input, editing, formatting, and output of rich text . The functions of a word processor program fall somewhere between those of a simple text editor and a fully functioned desktop publishing program.

  3. Word processor - Wikipedia

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    A word processor (WP) [1] [2] is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features.. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word processors are word processor programs running on general purpose computers.

  4. Text processing - Wikipedia

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    The text processing of a regular expression is a virtual editing machine, having a primitive programming language that has named registers (identifiers), and named positions in the sequence of characters comprising the text. Using these, the "text processor" can, for example, mark a region of text, and then move it.

  5. Computer programming - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Text editor - Wikipedia

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    The default file format of these word processors often resembles a markup language, with the basic format being plain text and visual formatting achieved using non-printing control characters or escape sequences. Later word processors like Microsoft Word store their files in a binary format and are almost never used to edit plain text files. [15]

  7. Translator (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of assembly language, like other coding languages, is to make the programming process more user-friendly than programming in machine language. Assembler languages utilize mnemonic devices and symbolic addresses to differentiate between opcode, operands, and specific memory addresses.

  8. Scribe (markup language) - Wikipedia

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    Processing this file through the Scribe compiler to generate an associated document file, which can be printed. The Scribe markup language defined the words, lines, pages, spacing, headings, footings, footnotes, numbering, tables of contents, etc. in a way similar to HTML. The Scribe compiler used a database of Styles (containing document ...

  9. Word processor (electronic device) - Wikipedia

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    While many homes have a word processor on their computers, word processing in the home tends to be educational, planning or business related, dealing with school assignments or work being completed at home. Occasionally word processors are used for recreational purposes, e.g. writing short stories, poems or personal