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In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program. Her friend invented a computing machine. The computer program made the machine work. Programming became popular in the 1950s. Many people created new programming languages. For example, Fortran solved math problems, and Cobol was good for business tasks. Today, there are many more languages. They make programming computers easier. Now people can learn the languages and talk to computers. People can learn the languages online, too. They help you do fun things with computers. You can bring your ideas to life with coding.

Code is like a recipe. You must include every step. Without any one step, the code or the recipe will not work. For example, code tells the computer to open the music program and you can listen to music on your computer. Code tells your computer to do anything for you.

Kids often code with fun platforms like Scratch. With Scratch, they can drag and drop blocks, and create something. What kind of coding platforms are you using? Everybody can design their own app or make an exciting game. Coding is like having a superpower and it creates cool things on your computer.