APPLICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE
SYSTEMS SOFTWARE
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Question
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What reads the source code one instruction or line at a time, converts this line and then executes it?
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Compiler
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Interpreter
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Role of Interpreter. The interpreter converts the source code line-by-line during RUN Time.
Detailed explanation-2: -An interpreter translates source code into object code one instruction at a time. It is similar to a human translator translating what a person says into another language, sentence by sentence. The resulting object code is then executed immediately. The process is called interpretation .
Detailed explanation-3: -A compiler is a translator program that converts a high-level language source program into a machine language object program. Figure 9-5. Compilers make high-level language programs transportable between different computers.
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