COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
High and low-level programming languages can be understood by a computer.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A computer cannot understand any instruction given to it by the user in English or any other high level language. These low level languages are very easily understandable by the machine. The main function of low level languages is to interact with the hardware of the computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -These languages cannot be understood by a machine. You can run your program on a computer after converting your program into the machine or binary code through the translator. It is a programmer-friendly language (Easy to learn or understand).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Low-level languages are languages that sit close to the computer’s instruction set . An instruction set is the set of instructions that the processor understands. Two types of low-level language are: machine code.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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