ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPILER DESIGN
CODE GENERATION FOR OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGES
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is a list of instructions that tell a computer what to do
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are used to communicate instructions to a computer
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a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; “the program required several hundred lines of code”
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a sequence of instructions written using a Computer Programming Language to perform a specified task by the computer.
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Detailed explanation-1: -software, instructions that tell a computer what to do. Software comprises the entire set of programs, procedures, and routines associated with the operation of a computer system. The term was coined to differentiate these instructions from hardware-i.e., the physical components of a computer system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Software is a set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks.
Detailed explanation-3: -Software is a set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do. People, however, are the most important component of a computer system-people use the power of the computer for some purpose.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is operating system ? An operating system is a program on which application programs are executed and acts as an communication bridge (interface) between the user and the computer hardware.