Programming Language Concepts

Question 1

High level Language

Answer 1

Contains strong abstraction from the details of computer in order to be easier to code in

Question 2

Low level language

Answer 2

Contains little to no abstraction from the details of a computer’s architecture

Question 3

Machine code

Answer 3

• binary coded instructions executed by processor
• all other programming languages must be converted to machine code to run
• Unique to each processor

Question 4

Assembly Language

Answer 4

• 1 to 1 correspondence with machine code

- efficient

Question 5

Imperative high level language

Answer 5

Each instruction is a command to execute a step of a program