OCR GCSE Computer Science 2.5 Programming languages and IDEs overview quiz quiz

It is the raw binary code that the CPU is able to run directly

It is specific to one single type of processor and not portable

It needs no translation at all and runs on the CPU as it is

It is close to human language and portable across machines

The binary instructions the CPU executes directly

A high-level language such as Python or Java that humans write

Assembly mnemonics such as ADD and LDA used in low-level code

A type of integrated development environment (IDE)

A high-level language into machine code

Assembly language into machine code

Machine code into a high-level language

One high-level language into another

One line at a time as the program is actually running, like an interpreter

It does not translate at all, it simply runs the source code directly

The whole source code into machine code in one go, before the program runs

Only the individual lines that are found to contain syntax errors

The whole program at once into a stand-alone executable file

It compiles the entire program down to assembly language first

It only ever translates the comments in the program

One line (statement) at a time, each time the program runs

The compiled program runs quickly and can be distributed without the source code

It reports each error one at a time as it reaches that line of code

It always runs the code immediately with no separate compile step at all

It always needs the original source code present every single time the program runs

A type of central processor found inside the computer

Software providing tools to help write, test and debug programs in one place

A high-level programming language such as Python, Java or C sharp used to write code

A unit of storage used to measure the size of a file or disk

A breakpoint

A watch window

Syntax highlighting

The run-time environment

Auto-complete

Indentation

Syntax highlighting

A breakpoint

It gives direct control over the hardware and can be very efficient

It is much easier for a programmer to read and to write

It is fully portable and runs completely unchanged across all machines

It needs no assembler or any other translator to run

To make the finished code much easier for the human programmers to read and follow

Because the CPU can only execute machine code, so source code must be converted

To automatically add helpful explanatory comments throughout the code

To find and delete all of the logic errors in the program automatically

An assembler

A compiler

An interpreter

No translator is needed