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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fill in the blank. ____ the whole program one statement at a time.
A
Compilers
B
Interpreters
C
Translators
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Interpreter. A computer program that translates one program’s instructions at a time into machine language is called an Interpreter. An interpreter translates one instruction at a time and executes that instruction immediately.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interpreter translates just one statement of the program at a time into machine code. Compiler scans the entire program and translates the whole of it into machine code at once. An interpreter takes very less time to analyze the source code. However, the overall time to execute the process is much slower.

Detailed explanation-3: -An interpreter is a person whose job is to translate what someone is saying into another language.

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