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Level 4 Software Design and Development. Translator Programs. High Level Programming Languages. When you have been writing your programs you either used graphical building blocks (Scratch) or you entered your program as text (Visual Basic).
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Level 4 Software Design and Development Translator Programs
High Level Programming Languages • When you have been writing your programs you either used graphical building blocks (Scratch) or you entered your program as text (Visual Basic). • Both of the above are examples of High Level Languages.
Translators • As you already know a computer is a digital machine which means it only understands binary i.e. machine code. • Therefore programs written in a high level language needs to be translated before they are executed (run). • There are two type of translator; a compiler and an interpreter.
Differences • Click on the link below and watch both the video and the animation about Compilers and Interpreters. • http://www.jhigh.co.uk/ComputingSG/SystemsSoftware/SSoft_Translation.html • Watch it as often as you need and make short notes so you can participate fully in the next lesson.