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- 1. Questions
1) Word processors: Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel,
Presentations: Microsoft Powerpoint, Databases: Microsoft Excel, Graphics: Microsoft Paint,
Games:Minesweeper, Communications Microsoft Outlook, Browsers: Google Chrome
2)Word processors: Microsoft Word,Google Docs Spreadsheets: Microsoft Excel, Presentations:
Microsoft Powerpoint, Databases: Microsoft Excel, Graphics: Microsoft Paint, Games:League of
Legends, Communications:Skype, Microsoft Outlook, Facebook, Browsers: Google Chrome.
The only real software differences was games and communications because you can’t
download any big things such as games and skype on school computers otherwise everything
else was about the same. I chose these because I got them for free by the school for the high
school years so why not use it.
3)Source code is text written in a computer programming language.
Machine code is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a computer's central
processing unit.
4) A compiler looks at the entire program and translates it into object code.
An interpreter analyzes and executes each line of source code, one line at a time, without
looking at the entire program.
5) Advantages for using interpreted programming language
● easy to learn and use
● minimum programming knowledge or experience
● allows complex tasks to be performed in relatively few steps
● allows simple creation and editing in a variety of text editors
● allows the addition of dynamic and interactive activities to web pages
● edit and running of code is fast.
Disadvantages
● usually run quite slowly
● limited access to low level and speed optimization code.
● limited commands to run detailed operations on graphics.
