4.5 Translators

When we write computer programs with high-level programming languages we need to use a __________ to convert that code into machine code.

• mouse

• pen

• translator

• pencil

What word do we use when we change something into a different state or form?

• convert
• find

• apprehend

• understand

What translator do we use to convert instructions written in assembly language into machine code?

What can you use to translate instructions from a program written in a high-level language?

• Compiler or Interpreter
• Virtual Machine
• Debugger
• Assembler

What is a translator that converts a high-level language into a low-level language by checking one line of code and executing it before moving to the next line?

What is a translator that converts a high-level language into a low-level language by checking all the code before running the program?

What do we call a file produced by a compiler that can be run independently of translator software and does not include the source code?

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Interpreter

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(b) Compiler

• Translates all lines of code into machine code before executing the program.

• Produces an executable file.

• Translates one line of code into machine code and then executes (runs) it.

• You can test part of a program without completing it all.

• The program is not run until all errors are corrected.

• Code needs to be re-translated each time the program is run.