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 200-29 . (cont'd) ;COMPILE (cont'd): of the overall logic structure of the pro­gram, or generating more than one machine in­ struction for each sym­bolic statement, or both, as well as per­ forming the function of an assembler.
 * COMPILER:A computer program that is used to change a high-level programming language into machine language. It is similar to an assembler.
 * COMPUTER:A data processor that can perform substantial computation, including numerous arithmetic or logic operations, with­out intervention by a human operator during the run.
 * DEBUGGING:The process of detecting and removing the errors in a computer program or a set of programs. Typically, errors are detected by trying to run a program with a series of transactions designed to test the main portions of the program, and observing the correctness of results.

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