Practice Unit 6: Execution Of Program And Programming Languages (1.3.6) - Model of Computer and Working Principle

Practice: Unit 6: Execution of Program and Programming Languages

Lesson 1.3.6Model of Computer and Working Principle

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Question 1.
What is the main difference between high-level and low-level programming languages?
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Consider the relation to the hardware.
Question 2.
Name two programming languages commonly used in high-level coding.
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Think of two programming languages you might have used.
3Question 3.
What are the three main stages in program execution?
- Input
- Process
- Output
- Fetch
- Decode
- Execute
- Compile
- Run
- Debug
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Remember the acronym FDE.
4Question 4.
True or False: Compiled languages execute slower than interpreted languages.
- True
- False
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Think about how each type of language is processed.
Question 5.
Design a simple program in a high-level language and describe how it would be executed by a CPU.
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Focus on each step: fetching, understanding, executing.
Question 6.
Create a comparison table outlining the differences between compiled and interpreted languages.
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Think about both the coding process and the execution.

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