FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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What’s the difference between high level and low level languages?
A
High level is written in capitals and low level is written in lower case
B
High level is hard and low level is easy.
C
High level language is used by software and low level languages is used by hardware.
D
Low level languages is made of 1’s and 0’s and high level language is BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, C++, etc.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These are very difficult to execute. High-level languages require the use of a compiler or an interpreter for their translation into the machine code. Low-level language requires an assembler for directly translating the instructions of the machine language. These languages have a very low memory efficiency.

Detailed explanation-2: -C is called middle-level language because it actually binds the gap between a machine level language and high-level languages. A user can use c language to do System Programming (for writing operating systems) as well as Application Programming (for generating menu driven customer billing systems).

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the difference between low-level and high-level programming languages? Low-level is binary, made up of combos of 1’s and 0’s. High-level is compiled and run in the computer’s native language, but can be understood by humans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Languages like C, C++, Python, and Java are high-level programming languages. Machine-level language is a low-level language that deals with 0s and 1s whereas assembly-level language lies between low-level language and high-level language, it is more of an intermediary language.

Detailed explanation-5: -Examples of high-level language are PHP, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, etc. Examples of low level language are Machine language & Assembly language.

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