MATLAB stands for Matrix Laboratory. It is a high-performance language that is used for technical computing. It was developed by Cleve Molar of the company MathWorks.Inc in the year 1984.It is written in C, C++, Java. It allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions, implementation of algorithms and creation of user interfaces.
<h2>Getting Started with MATLAB</h2>
It is both a programming language as well as a programming environment. It allows the computation of statements in the command window itself.
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	<li>Command Window:&nbsp;In this window one must type and immediately execute the statements, as it requires quick prototyping. These statements cannot be saved. Thus, this is can be used for small, easily executable programs.</li>
	<li>Editor (Script):&nbsp;In this window one can execute larger programs with multiple statements, and complex functions These can be saved and are done with the file extension &lsquo;.m &lsquo;</li>
	<li>Workspace:&nbsp;In this window the values of the variables that are created in the course of the program (in the editor) are displayed.</li>
	<li>Command History&nbsp;window&nbsp;: This window displays a log of statements that you ran in the current and previous MATLAB sessions. The Command History lists the time and date of each session in the short date format for your operating system, followed by the statements from that session.</li>
	<li>This window displays the exact location(path) of the program file being created.</li>
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MATLAB Library comes with a set of many inbuilt functions. These functions mostly perform mathematical operations like sine, cosine and tangent. They perform more complex functions too like finding the inverse and determinant of a matrix, cross product and dot product Although MATLAB is encoded in C, C++ and Java, it is a lot easier to implement than these three languages. For example, unlike the other three, no header files need to be initialised in the beginning of the document and for declaring a variable, the data type need not be provided. It provides an easier alternative for vector operations. They can be performed using one command instead of multiple statements in a for or while loop.

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