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topic 7 - high and low level languages

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Total cards: 8•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

High level languages(4)

Back (Answer)

• Close to human language • Independent of platform (works on different machines) • E.g. JAVA, Python, VB • Easier to correct errors

#2
Front (Question)

Low level languages(4)

Back (Answer)

• Assembly • Machine Code • Works directly on the CPU • Can use machine specific functions

#3
Front (Question)

Low level language advantage(3)

Back (Answer)

• Direct access to the processor • Uses less memory • Executes instructions faster

#4
Front (Question)

Translators(3)

Back (Answer)

• Compilers • Accumulators • Assemblers

#5
Front (Question)

Compilers(6)

Back (Answer)

• Translates whole program at once • Creates an exe file • No need to recompile • Therefore allows faster execution • List of errors created • Optimizes source code

#6
Front (Question)

Interpreters(5)

Back (Answer)

• Translates one line of code at a time • Machine code directly executed • Identifies error as soon as it finds one and stops • Error must be fixed to continue • Easier to debug

#7
Front (Question)

Assemblers(2)

Back (Answer)

• Translates low level language into machine code - Only option for low level language programs

#8
Front (Question)

Errors(2)

Back (Answer)

• Syntax - Logic