Programming Languages

Question 1

What’s the difference between an Interpreter and Compiler?

Answer 1

• An interpreter is a tool that translates code into machine code line by line to be executed.
• Compiler is a tool that translates entire source code into machine code to be executed by computer. Doesn’t translate line by line . E.g: C, C++, Java, Go.

Question 2

What is a Scripting Language? Provide a few examples.

Answer 2

• Are programming languages that creates scripts (small programs that are able to automate tasks on a computer).
• Common exampels are Python, Powershell, Javascript, R, Ruby.

Question 3

What is the difference between HTML and XML? What is a markup language?

Answer 3

• HTML is a Markup language that uses tags on certain text files that are used within the development of a website.
• XML is also a Markup language that exchanges the structural data between systems.
• Markup language is a system of tags that structure a document.

Question 4

What is an assembly language?

Answer 4

Is a programming language where executed code works directly with hardware.

Question 5

What is a Query Language?

Answer 5

Is a specialised language that is able to extract or modify data within a database.