Programming Language

Programming Language

1. IDE

   • (integrated development environment) is a piece of software which provides features that help a programmer to develop their program.
   • consists of the following: debugger, interpreter, compiler, editor. ( DICE )

2. Debugger

   • Identifies and fixes errors in a program.
   • Highlights errors in the code and may suggest possible solutions

3. Interpreter

   • Needed every time you want to run a program.
   • A translator turns the source code into machine code.
   • Translates source code into machine code one line at a time.

4. Compiler

   • Translates all of the source code at the same time. and creates one executable file (able to be run by a computer).
   • once compiled the programs run quicker however compiling takes a long time. Compiled - convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed.
   • Translates the entire source into machine code.

5. Editor

   • Allows the end user to enter the program code. it can colour code keywords and may even autocomplete words as you type.

6. Translator

   • three types of translators assemblers, compilers and interpreters.
   • Needed to either compile or interpret the source code so that the computer (CPU) can understand it.

7. Assembly language (assembler)

   • A low level programming language which uses a small instruction set. These instructions are translated into machine.

8. Mnemonic

   • Shortened command words which are used in assembly language. For example, "Little man computer" used mnemonics such as "LDA, DAT, ADD, OUT".

9. Opcode

   • The instructions that the computer (CPU) needs to carry out.

10. Operand

    • a low level programming language which used a small instruction set. These instructions are translated into machine code.

11. Machine code

    • The lowest level programming language consisting of 0's and 1's