1.2.2 Application Generation

Question 1

Application

Answer 1

Any program, routine or procedures that can be run on a computer system

Question 2

Utilities

Answer 2

An application that has a very specific task to carry out

Question 3

Open source

Answer 3

Code that is available to everyone and can be redistributed and modified

Question 4

Closed source

Answer 4

Code owned by an organisation with a licence to protect it from copyright infringement

Question 5

Source code

Answer 5

Original code typed by the programmer in their native language

Question 6

Translator

Answer 6

A program that translates a program written in assembly language into machine code

Question 7

Interpreter

Answer 7

Translates and executes a program one statement line at a time

Question 8

Compiler

Answer 8

Translates high level language source code into machine code

Question 9

Assembler

Answer 9

Converts assembly language source code into machine code

Question 10

Compilation

Answer 10

The translation process that produces an equivalent program in a low-level language

Question 11

Lexical analysis

Answer 11

Removes any whitespace and comments. Then replaces keywords with tokens

Question 12

Syntax analysis

Answer 12

Tokens are checked against the rules of the language

Question 13

Code generation

Answer 13

The stage in machine code that produces a machine-code program that is equivalent to the source program

Question 14

Optimisation

Answer 14

The stage of compilation that ensures that the executable program is optimised at least as much as the compiler can predict

Question 15

Linker

Answer 15

Software tool that allows already compiled object code files or modules to be combined with the compiled program

Question 16

Loader

Answer 16

A utility that loads machine code from an executable file in secondary storage into main memory, so it can run

Question 17

Libraries

Answer 17

A collection of compiled procedures that can be called upon by other software applications