translator

Computer program that translates from one programming language to another

Entitysoftware categoryQ4462013

Also known as programming language processor · translator (computing)

Instance of: software category
Subclass of: implementation of a programming language

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A translator or programming language processor is a computer program that converts the programming instructions written in human convenient form into machine language codes that the computers understand and process. It is a generic term that can refer to a compiler, assembler, or interpreter—anything that converts code from one computer language into another. These include translations between high-level and human-readable computer languages such as C++ and Java, intermediate-level languages such as Java bytecode, low-level languages such as the assembly language and machine code, and between similar levels of language on different computing platforms, as well as from any of these to any other of these.

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