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SCIENCE PAPER #2 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
high-level language - Answer-A programming language like Python that is designed to
be easy for humans to read and write.
low-level language - Answer-A(n) ____ is a programming language that resembles
more what a computer can understand rather than a human
Machine Code - Answer-Zeros and ones that represent simple instructions executed by
a processor.
Assembly Language - Answer-Programming language that has the same structure and
set of commands as machine languages but allows programmers to use symbolic
representations of numeric machine code.
Syntax - Answer-the structure of language in a computer program
Compiler - Answer-A computer program created to read an entire program and convert
it into a lower-level language and ultimately to assembly language used by the
processor.
Interpreter - Answer-Converts a program written in a higher level language into a lower
level language and executes it, beginning execution before converting the entire
program.
Interpreter - Answer-Converts a program written in a higher level language into a lower
level language and executes it, beginning execution before converting the entire
program.
Source Code - Answer-code its text-based form that is yet to be translated into machine
code
Interpreter - Answer-Converts a program written in a higher level language into a lower
level language and executes it, beginning execution before converting the entire
program.
execuable file - Answer-a file format that a computer can directly process
Source Code - Answer-code its text-based form that is yet to be translated into machine
code
SCIENCE PAPER #2 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
high-level language - Answer-A programming language like Python that is designed to
be easy for humans to read and write.
low-level language - Answer-A(n) ____ is a programming language that resembles
more what a computer can understand rather than a human
Machine Code - Answer-Zeros and ones that represent simple instructions executed by
a processor.
Assembly Language - Answer-Programming language that has the same structure and
set of commands as machine languages but allows programmers to use symbolic
representations of numeric machine code.
Syntax - Answer-the structure of language in a computer program
Compiler - Answer-A computer program created to read an entire program and convert
it into a lower-level language and ultimately to assembly language used by the
processor.
Interpreter - Answer-Converts a program written in a higher level language into a lower
level language and executes it, beginning execution before converting the entire
program.
Interpreter - Answer-Converts a program written in a higher level language into a lower
level language and executes it, beginning execution before converting the entire
program.
Source Code - Answer-code its text-based form that is yet to be translated into machine
code
Interpreter - Answer-Converts a program written in a higher level language into a lower
level language and executes it, beginning execution before converting the entire
program.
execuable file - Answer-a file format that a computer can directly process
Source Code - Answer-code its text-based form that is yet to be translated into machine
code
