Want to get into coding but need an answer first to my mind boggling question

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I've been wanting to do programming for years and unfortunately I've let year after year slip by and nothing happen. Then time and time again I get this whopper of motivation to get into it but then always the same question spirals in my mind and I feel if I can't get answers to it I'll never be able to initiate.

So my biggest confusion is that when I'm wanting to code a program how do I know what commands the computer accepts? Isn't there a specific format in which you should write it? Is there a full list of commands or something where I can browse and just basically take what I need and add it into my code?

I'm sure someone will come and mention the learning a language analogy but it doesn't sink in.

It may seem very basic to someone reading this but it's causing me a whole lot of annoyance.

Thanks in advance
 
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