Unit - Programming

Do computers understand human languages? Why/Why not?

What is the function of an assembler?

What are the mentioned high-level languages?

(a)  

Why did software developers design high-level languages?

What is the difference between a compiler and intepreter?

Why are HTML and VoiceXML called markup languages?

(a)   allows us to create our own tags to describe our data better. We aren’t constrained by a pre-defined set of tags the way we are with HTML.

IBM developed (a)   in the 1950’s. It was the first high-level language in data

processing.

(a)   applets are small programs that run automatically on web pages and

let you watch animated characters, play games, etc.

(a)   is the HTML of the voice web. Instead of using a web browser and a keyboard, you interact with a voice browser by listening to pre-recorded audio output and sending audio input through a telephone.