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 300-32 . (cont'd) ;INTERPRETER (cont'd):translate or change a programmer's source code into the object code that the computer uses.
 * LANGUAGE:In the computer field, the term generally means a programming language used by a programmer for writing a computer pro­gram. This program usually must be trans­lated or changed (assem­bled, compiled, inter­preted) into object code before the computer can execute the program.
 * MACHINE LANGUAGE (MACHINE CODE OR OBJECT CODE): The instructions the machine actually executes.
 * MNEMONIC CODE: Symbols used in program­ming to assist the human memory,, an abbre­viation such as "MPY" for "multiply."
 * MODULE:A series or group of related instructions within a computer pro­ gram, analogous to a chapter of a book.
 * OBJECT CODE:This is the program in actual machine language which the computer exe­cutes. It has been changed from the pro­gramming language used by the programmer by means of an "assembler," "compiler," or "inter­preter."

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