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An assembler will translate

• Assembly language into python
• Machine Code into Assembly language
• Assembly Language into Machine Code
• Python into Machine Code

A compiler

• will translate all the source code
• will translate assembly language
• will try to find all errors in your source code
• produce object code (machine code) executable

An interpreter

• will translate all the source code
• will translate assembly language
• is contained in a browser to translate Javascript
• will translate one line at a time

Translating a high level language such as pythons means one line of source code will generate

• one line of machine code
• one line of assembly
• many lines of machine code
• many lines of assembly

The best computer language is

• Java
• Python
• Machine Code
• Depends on what problem you are trying to solve

Backup software is a utility software often categorised as

• Application Software
• Security Software
• System Software
• Gaming Software

Types of backup include

• Email
• Full
• Incremental
• Cache

The following describes a type of backup:

• Data loss occurs and files are downloaded from the cloud
• An email arrives asking for payment in bitcoin
• All files changed in the past 24 hours are copied to an external drive
• A message appears asking to apply a windows update

Reasons for taking backups include

• possible hardware failures
• accidental file deletions
• sharing photos
• ransomware encrypting data
• disk theft

An operating system memory management might

• check if there is enough free memory to start a program
• share data between programs
• free memory when a program is closed
• defragment the drive to improve performance