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High level languages are easy to understand...

• True

• False

Low level programming languages are... [2 answers]

• Easy to read, understand and modify

• Difficult to read, understand and modify

• Very simple to understand

• More memory efficient than high-level languages

High level languages...

• Can be run directly from the code

• Need to be translated before execution

• Are targeted at a specific CPU

Translates all of the source code into machine code in one go

• Assembler

• Compiler

• Interpreter

Compilers... [2 answers]

• Create a single executable file

• Take a long time to translate

• Are useful for debugging

• Only translate assembly code

Which of the following are true? [3 answers]

• Assemblers translate assembly code

• Compilers run one line at a time

• Interpreters are needed every time the program is run

• Compilers run more quickly than interpreters

Which of the following are true?

• High level languages are written for a specific processor

• High level languages abstract how the data is stored from the programmer

• Low level languages are easy to read and modify

• Low level languages are written for a specific architecture

Assemblers...

• Use lots of memory

• Each instruction matches one unique machine code instruction

• Are unsuitable for embedded systems

Which of these is high level code?

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• 

Which of these is low level code?

• 
• 
• Neither