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Glossary for Computing Program
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- 1assembly languageA family of low-level programming languages.
- 2binaryA number system that contains two digits, 0 and 1. Also known as base 2.
- 3bitThe smallest unit of data in computing represented by a 1 in binary.
- 4CPUCentral processing unit - the brains of the computer that processes program instructions. Also called a microprocessor.
- 5executeTo run a computer program.
- 6hexadecimalA number system using 16 characters from 0-9 and A-F, also known as base 16 and hex.
- 7programSequences of instructions for a computer.
- 8interpreterA program that translates high level programming languages into machine code. Programs can either be interpreted or compiled.
- 9machine codeAlso called object-code, this is low-level code that represents how computer hardware and CPUs understand instructions. It is represented by binary numbers.
- 10source codeThe written code that creates a computer program.
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