(1) In the IT department of a large organization, systems programmers are technical experts on some or all of the computer's system software (operating systems, networks, DBMSs, etc.). They are ...

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On a most basic level, a computer programmer writes, well, programs. Programmers will also rewrite, debug, maintain, and test (and retest) software and programs that instruct the computer to ...

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An individual who writes application programs in a user organization. Most programmers are application programmers. Contrast with systems programmer. See system development life cycle. THIS DEFINITION ...