FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

WHAT IS PROGRAMMING

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which language translator is used after programmers finished writing the source code?

A	Assembler
B	Compiler
C	Interpreter
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -A source-to-source translator, source-to-source compiler (S2S compiler), transcompiler, or transpiler is a type of translator that takes the source code of a program written in a programming language as its input and produces an equivalent source code in the same or a different programming language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Compilers translate an entire computer program into machine language before execution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Interpreter. Interpreter programs are able to read, translate and execute one statement at a time from a high-level language program. The interpreter stops when a line of code is reached that contains an error. Interpreters are often used during the development of a program.

Detailed explanation-4: -Generally, there are three types of translator: compilers. interpreters. assemblers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Compilers. A compiler takes the source code as a whole and translates it into object code all in one go. Once converted, the object code can be run unassisted at any time. This process is called compilation .

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