CSCI Chapter 8
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- List 3 languages
- 1. Low level 2. High level 3. Natural level
- Machine language (000010000100) and Assembly language (ADD, SUB, LOAD, STORE) are examples of what language?
- Low Level
- Programming language and Pseudocode are examples of what language?
- High Level
- List advantages of High level languages
- - Close to natural language - Allows programmer to take a "hi-level" view of a task and can think at a higher level of problem-solving - Programmer is not required to manually manage the low-level details of data movement - Programs are portable as opposed to machine specific.
- Express the language progression
- Machine language - first generation to Assembly langauge - second generation to High-level language (third generation)
- Define Compiler
- Piece of system software that converts high-level language (written in source code) to machine language (written in object code)