Pearson 1CP2 - 3.3 - Programming Languages

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What level of language is comprised of instructions stored as binary 1s and 0s (often referred to as machine code)?

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Low-level language

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What is the name of the low level language that is made up of binary 1s and 0s?

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Machine code

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The instructions a CPU can execute are often referred to as an...

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instruction set

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Why is machine code hard for humans to work with?

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Machine code comprises thousands of 1s and 0s. It is hard to identify individual instructions or mistakes

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What level of language is commonly used by programmers to write software?

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high-level language

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What is an example of a low level language that isn't machine code?

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Assembly language

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What are the individual instructions of Assembly Language referred to as?

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mnemonics

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In Assembly Language, what is a mnemonic?

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A mnemonic is a (usually) 3 letter Assembly Language code that represents a binary instruction

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A disadvantage of Assembly Language is...

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limited range of instructions so lots of small instructions needed for a simple sequence

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Bare metal programming

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Writing code that interacts directly with hardware without an operating system