differences between machine code and the opportunity to answer them. assembly language. questions on it. Including real examples of assembly language Know that machine They should know that all and machine code is helpful. code and assembly programs must be language are converted to machine Students could be given some considered to be code before they can be opportunity to write very simple low-level languages executed. programs in assembly language and explain the so that they can see how Students should differences between assembly language compares understand the them. with a high-level language but advantages and this is not a requirement. Understand that disadvantages of ultimately all programming in Students using Visual Basic or programming and assembly C# could find the exe file that is written in languages. output when they compile a or assembly program. Students should know the languages must be purpose of and be able to Students could look at an translated into compare the different assembly language instruction machine code. types of translator. set (eg ARM) to consider the
differences between them. Know that machine code and assembly language are considered to be low-level languages and explain the differences between them. Understand that ultimately all programming written in or assembly languages must be translated into machine code. machine code and assembly language. They should know that all programs must be converted to machine code before they can be executed. Students should understand the advantages and disadvantages of programming in and assembly languages. Students should know the purpose of and be able to compare the different types of translator. the opportunity to answer questions on it. Including real examples of assembly language and machine code is helpful. Students could be given some opportunity to write very simple programs in assembly language so that they can see how assembly language compares with a high-level language but this is not a requirement. Students using Visual Basic or C# could find the exe file that is output when they compile a program. Students could look at an assembly language instruction set (eg ARM) to consider the
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