FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -A language processor is a special type of software program that has the potential to translate the program codes into machine codes. Languages such as COBOL and Fortran have language processors, which are generally used to perform tasks like processing source code to object code.

Detailed explanation-2: -The language processor that reads the complete source program written in high-level language as a whole in one go and translates it into an equivalent program in machine language is called a Compiler.

Detailed explanation-3: -A language processor, or translator, is a computer program that translates source code from one programming language to another.

Detailed explanation-4: -A high-level language cannot be understood directly by a computer, and it needs to be translated into machine code. There are two ways to do this, and they are related to how the program is executed: a high-level language can be compiled or interpreted.

Detailed explanation-5: -A programming language processor is considered a formal method for translating from any specified programming language to machine language. This chapter focusses on theoretical or conceptual considerations underlying the design of programming language processors.