Difference between interpreters and compilers

Question 1

What is an interpreter?

Answer 1

reads a high-level program and executes it.

Question 2

What is a compiler?
* Python is considered an interpreted language

Answer 2

reads the program and translates it completely before
the program starts running.

Question 3

What is a program basic computation?

Answer 3

Input
•Output
•Manipulation ( mathematical or text manipulation)
•Conditional execution
•Repetition

Question 4

What are the types of program errors?

Answer 4

Syntax errors:
•Runtime errors:
•Logical errors (Bugs):

Question 5

What is debugging?

Answer 5

The process of attacking bugs is called debugging.

Question 6

What is a syntax error?give an example

Answer 6

Syntax errors: Errors in the syntax of the language.

Examples: punctuations, spacing, or typos.

Question 7

What is Runtime errors?

Answer 7

The syntax is correct, but an error occurs when running the program.

Example: division by zero.

Question 8

What is a logical error?

Answer 8

Logical errors (Bugs): The program has no errors reported, but the output is incorrect.