Why did we write "Hello, World" and not something like "Hello, Computer"?

When you're first learning to code, it's a common tradition to start by displaying Hello, World!—it's a simple way to check that your code is working. This has been the go-to example for decades.

But there’s no rule that says you must write Hello, World!. If you’d rather write Hello, Computer! or something else, feel free to do that. The key thing is getting comfortable with printing to the screen.

For example:

print("Hello, World!")

or you could just as easily do:

print("Hello, Computer!")