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... languages must translate specific commands into specific switch- ing instructions . This requires memory . The more commands you build into the language , and the more flexible you make the gram- mar , the more machine memory you ...
... languages must translate specific commands into specific switch- ing instructions . This requires memory . The more commands you build into the language , and the more flexible you make the gram- mar , the more machine memory you ...
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... language to another , and a professional program- mer will know several . If you're thinking of learning a language , which should you learn ? Three languages were especially ... language . Assembly language is 84 Languages , Computer.
... language to another , and a professional program- mer will know several . If you're thinking of learning a language , which should you learn ? Three languages were especially ... language . Assembly language is 84 Languages , Computer.
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... language for business , developed in the early 1960s . Code . Programmed instructions to the computer . Source code is the language the program was written in . Object code is the machine language the program is translated into . Column ...
... language for business , developed in the early 1960s . Code . Programmed instructions to the computer . Source code is the language the program was written in . Object code is the machine language the program is translated into . Column ...
Common terms and phrases
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