It would look like english (or whatever language you speak) "show me orders placed today in Excel" "send an email to bob@company.com with the order details"

It would look like english (or whatever language you speak) "show me orders placed today in Excel" "send an email to bob@company.com with the order details" "backup the database to my dropbox account and do it every monday" "setup a server in new york" Non-technical people do this all day, giving these simple instructions to the programmers and letting them figure out the details :)