Translators

Reads whole [blank_start]high level[blank_end] code then translates into [blank_start]machine[blank_end] code, saved as a new [blank_start]file[blank_end]. Program is [blank_start]faster[blank_end] to execute but if errors are found then [blank_start]original[blank_end] code must be [blank_start]edited and recompiled[blank_end].

[blank_start]An assembler[blank_end] translates the instruction [blank_start]mnemonics[blank_end] of [blank_start]assembly[blank_end] language (ADD, STORE, LOAD) into machine language [blank_start]instructions[blank_end].

[blank_start]An interpreter[blank_end] reads high level code [blank_start]one line[blank_end] at a time, then converts into machine code and executes it. The machine code is then [blank_start]discarded[blank_end], next line is [blank_start]read[blank_end]. Program runs [blank_start]slower but[blank_end] stops when an error is [blank_start]found[blank_end] so it can be resumed.