FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define what is meant by a ‘high-level programming language’
A
A language read by the CPU that uses 0s and 1s
B
A language like Python that uses language close to that used by humans.
C
A language that uses mnemoics such as LOAD, ADD and STORE
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -High-level language is a computer language which can be understood by the users. The high-level language is very similar to human languages and has a set of grammar rules that are used to make instructions more easily.

Detailed explanation-2: -Python is an object-oriented, high-level programming language. Object-oriented means this language is based around objects (such as data) rather than functions, and high-level means it’s easy for humans to understand.

Detailed explanation-3: -A high-level programming language has a significant abstraction from the details of computer operation. It is designed to be easily understood by humans and for this reason they must be translated by another software.

Detailed explanation-4: -Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics.

Detailed explanation-5: -A compiler is a special program that translates a programming language’s source code into machine code, bytecode or another programming language. The source code is typically written in a high-level, human-readable language such as Java or C++.

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