2.5 Languages And IDEs

Question 1

Compiler

Answer 1

A program that translates a high-level language program, source code, into a computer’s machine code.

Question 2

Interpreter

Answer 2

Translates and executes a program one statement at a time.

Question 3

IDE

Answer 3

Integrated Development Environment: A software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. An IDE normally consists of a source code editor, build tools and a debugger.

Question 4

Error diagnostics

Answer 4

Tools provided by IDE’s which give detailed feedback on errors in your code.

Question 5

Run-time environment

Answer 5

A configuration of hardware and software. It includes the CPU type, operating system and any runtime engines or system software required by a particular category of applications.