High and Low Level Languages definitions 0.0 / 5 ? Computing1.3.7 High and Low Level Languages and Their TranslatorsIGCSEOther Created by: ajcb16Created on: 06-03-18 11:19 High Level Language programming Language that is close to the human languages e.g. Python 1 of 14 Low Level Language A programming language that is close to the machine code e.g. assembly language 2 of 14 Machine Code The only code a CPU executes. 3 of 14 Assembler Program that converts assembly code into machine code 4 of 14 Syntax Structure of a language 5 of 14 Instruction Set The set of instructions that a particular CPU can execute, such as load a value into the accumulator or add numbers together 6 of 14 Executable code A file of machine code instructions, a program in machine code 7 of 14 Mnemonic he shorthand codes that assembly language uses. e.g. STA might mean store in accumulator. 8 of 14 Compiler A program that takes a program written in source code and produces executable machine code from it. 9 of 14 Interpreter A program that execute a program written in source code by translating the program line by line into machine code and executing it line by line 10 of 14 Source Code The program code written by a programmer which is the compiled, interpreted or assembled. 11 of 14 Translator An assembler, compiler or interpreter 12 of 14 .exe an executable file 13 of 14 Assembly Language A way of writing machine code using mnemonic codes 14 of 14
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