interpreter

Program that executes source code without a separate compilation step

Entitysoftware category compilation modeQ183065

Also known as Interpreter · interpretive routine

Instance of: software category
, compilation mode
Subclass of: computer program
, implementation of a programming language

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In computing, an interpreter is software that executes source code without first compiling it to machine code. An interpreted runtime environment differs from one that processes CPU-native executable code which requires translating source code before executing it. An interpreter may translate the source code to an intermediate format, such as bytecode. A hybrid environment may translate the bytecode to machine code via just-in-time compilation, as in the case of .NET and Java, instead of interpreting the bytecode directly.

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Has use: execution
Uses: source code
Different from: Interpreter criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Properties for this type: implementation of

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