FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

WHAT IS PROGRAMMING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Program written in machine language are very lengthy and prone to errors".This statement refers to disadvantage of machine language.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is prone to errors • It is difficult to modify. It is a low level programming language that allows a user to write a program using alphanumeric mnemonic of instructions. It requires a translator as assembler to convert language into machine language so that it can be understood by the computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -The program of instructions written in assembly language is known as the source program; an assembler program translates it into a machine language program, called an object program.

Detailed explanation-3: -Machine language is a first generation language written using 1s and 0s. It was hard for humans to use and they made mistakes easily. It is a low level language that is machine dependent. This means it can only work on the computer it was designed for.

Detailed explanation-4: -Complex Language for Programming : Since machine language consists only sequence of 0s and 1s, so it is very difficult for programmer to remember and write each instructions. Error Prone : While programming using machine language everything need to be expressed in sequence of 0s and 1s which is very tedious task.

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