High Level Languages and Low Level Languages [2.1] Flashcards

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What is a High Level Language?

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A high-level language is a programming language designed to simplify computer programming. It is “high-level” since it is several steps removed from the actual code run on a computer’s processor.

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What is a Low Level Language?

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A low-level language is a programming language that provides little or no abstraction of programming concepts and is very close to writing actual machine instructions.

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Which Level Language is faster to process.

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Low Level Language, it only takes one processor clock cycles to execute a line where the High Level language takes multiple.

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What are some examples of High Level Languages?

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Python, Javascript, C++

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What are some examples of Low Level Languages?

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Machine Code, Assembly Language.

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What are the differences between both of the languages?

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High Level looks like structured English, where the low level is unreadable to humans. Low Level Languages are processor dependant, High Languages are not.

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