The notion of "Programming" was mentioned and even defined in 1947 by Donald Booth. See http://bobmackay.com/Booth/Booth.html http://bobmackay.com/Booth/Booth.

The notion of "Programming" was mentioned and even defined in 1947 by Donald Booth. See http://bobmackay.com/Booth/Booth.html http://bobmackay.com/Booth/Booth.html Principles and Progress in the Construction of High-Speed Digital Computers. "The word 'programme' as used in this context may require explanation. Before a problem is ready for solution in a computing machine it must first be broken up into processes which the machine is capable of performing. Thus, as mentioned above, when using a digital machine the continuous process of differentiation must be replaced by a finite difference formula. This translating of a problem in terms of the available functions of the machine is generally known as programming." However he did not use the word "language" as only assembler was known at the time, and he was the first to use even that.