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3.3.2: Function and Purpose of Translators

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3.3.2: Function and Purpose of Translators

Translators
1. Converts human readable code to machine readable code (machine code).
2. Machine Code
  1. Combinations of binary digits to stand for different things.
  2. Specific to the machine that it was written for. (One processor will have a different set of machine codes to another processor)
  3. Mnemonics
    1. Groups of letters that stand for binary codes of operations.
    2. Most mnemonics are 3 letters.

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