2.5 Programming Languages and Integrated Development environments

Question 1

High-level programming language characteristics

Answer 1

Used by humans
Same code works for many machines
Programmer can easily store data
Code is easy to read
Must be translated before a computer can understand it
Less memory efficient and slower

Question 2

Low-level programming language characteristic

Answer 2

Written for one type of machine
Need to understand components
Code is difficult to read
No need for translation
More memory efficient and faster

Question 3

2 types of translator

Answer 3

Compiler
Interpreter

Question 3

What do compilers do

Answer 3

Translate high-level code into machine code

Question 4

What do interpreters do

Answer 4

Take high-level instructions and use machine code-subroutes to carry out each line

Question 5

Compiler vs interpreter properties

Answer 5

Comp Int
Translates all at once Translates by line
Used once Used every time to run
Returns a list of errors Stops at first error
Quicker Slower

Question 6

What is IDE

Answer 6

A software that provides features to help a programmer code.

Question 7

Tools in an IDE

Answer 7

Code editor
Error diagnostics
Run-time environment
Translator
Line number tracker