Unit 2.5 - Translators & Facilities

Key Words
1. Compiler
2. Interpreter
3. Assembler
4. Source Code
5. Object Code
6. Excecuteable Code
7. Debug
8. Translator
9. IDE (Integrated Development Environment
Assemblers
1. Translate Assembly Code into Machine Code
2. Used for device drivers
3. Used when fast execution is required or limited memory/file size
4. Difficult to write in
5. An assembler's purpose is to turn a second gen assembly code into machine code
Compilers
1. Translate entire source code all in one go into machine code
2. Optimise code
3. Used at he end of development
4. Error reports created along with object code
Interpreters
1. Translate & Execute source code
2. Line by line
3. Source Code is checked for syntax - if correct, code is executed. If incorrect, interpreting is stopped
4. Used for developing (aid debugging)
IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
1. Editor (for writing the code)
2. Error diagnostics
3. Runtime environment
4. Translators

Resource summary

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