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Programming domain

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A programming domain defines a specific kind of use for a programming language.

Some examples of programming domains are:

  • General purpose applications
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Financial time series analysis
  • Natural language processing
  • Artificial intelligence reasoning
  • Expert systems
  • Relational database querying
  • Theorem proving
  • Systems design and implementation
  • Application scripting
  • Domain-specific applications
  • Programming education
  • Internet
  • Symbolic mathematics
  • Numerical mathematics
  • Statistical applications
  • Text processing
  • Matrix algorithms