4.6.3 Types of program translator

Question 1

What does an Assembler do?

Answer 1

Translates assembly language into machine code

Question 2

What does a Compiler do?

Answer 2

Checks for errors in high-level language code then translates it all at once into machine code

Question 3

What does an Interpreter do?

Answer 3

Translates high-level languages into machine code line-by-line, checking for errors as it goes.