Translators and integrated development environments(IDE)

Question 1

high level languages

Answer 1

code is easy to read , understand and modify
must be translated to machine code before a computer is able to understand it
less memory efficient and slower

Question 2

low level languages

Answer 2

very difficult to read understand and modify
commands in machine code meaning that it can be executed without the need of a translator
more memory efficient and faster

Question 3

what are the 2 types of translators and what are they used for

Answer 3

compilers and interpreters and they are used to translate high level language into machine code

Question 4

compiler

Answer 4

translates all of the source code at the same time creating 1 executable file
only needed once to create the executable file
returns a list of errors once the entire program has been compiled

Question 5

interpreter

Answer 5

translates and runs the source code one instruction at a time but no executable file is created
needed every time you want to run the program
interpreter will stop once it finds the first error. this is useful for debugging

Question 6

what is an IDE

Answer 6

an integrated development environment is a piece of software that provides features to help a programmer to develop their program

Question 7

run-time environment

Answer 7

allows code to be run quickly within the IDE

Question 8

explorer window

Answer 8

help navigate through programs

Question 9

output window

Answer 9

show the output from a program when it is run

Question 10

breakpoints

Answer 10

debugging tool, they stop the program on certain lines so can gather information like the value of variables