Software Engineering

Question 1

Define editor

Answer 1

Allows a programmer to enter, format and edit source code

Question 2

Define compiler

Answer 2

Convert source code into executable machine code. Once compiled, a program can be run at any time

Question 3

Define interpreter

Answer 3

Converts each line of source code into machine code and executes it as each line of code is run. The conversion process is performed each time the program is run