Logo was developed as an educational language for use with young children and encourages children to think in a structured way. It contains graphical operations that are easy to use. The subset of Logo commands dealing with graphics is called turtle graphics because it is used to control the movements of a turtle. The turtle can be a small robot with wheels and a pen moving across the floor and drawing or simply a point moving and drawing on the screen.

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