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Ed Sheeran wins copyright infringement trial | Learn English expression 'building blocks'

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The Building Blocks of Computer Programming

A building block is a standard unit that's used as the starting point to construct something much more complex. Syntax, branding, iteration, order of execution, decisions, abstraction, and scoping are the building blocks of computer programming. The periodic table of elements includes 118 elements - all physical matter in the world is either one of these elements or a combination of them. Ed Sheeran says that chords are the buildingblocks of pop songs. Some people say that families are the building Blocks of a healthy society.

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