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GCSE Computer Science · key term
A program that translates assembly language into machine code.
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Revise: Machine Code and Assembly LanguageAn assembler translates assembly language into machine code, which the processor then executes.
A translator that converts assembly-language instructions into machine code.
When asked to name the three common types of program translator, give interpreter, compiler and assembler—not the names of programming languages.
Associate an assembler with assembly language; compilers and interpreters are used with high-level languages.
Check the source language first. An assembler translates assembly language, not high-level code.
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A program translator that converts assembly-language source code into machine code.
A program that translates assembly language directly into machine code, with each assembly-language instruction becoming one machine-code instruction.
A program that translates assembly-language instructions into machine-code instructions.
