A02-10-Programming language translators

A02-10-Programming language translators

By Keith Gage

Compiler

Translates high level languages like VB into machine code

Source code is written by the programmer

The compiler scans the code several times, with different checks building up table of information and finally producing object code​

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Assembler

Assembly code is low level language with each instruction almost equivalent to a machine code instruction

Before an assembly program can be executed, it must be translated​

It is changed in to bytecode​

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Multiple Choice

Assembly code is ______ language

• low

• high

Multiple Choice

Machine code instructions are dependent upon hardware.

Each processor has a different instruction set

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which translates high level language into machine code?

• compiler

• assembler

• translator

Interpreter

Interpreter looks

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