TSA Coding Questions and answers Graded A+
Computer Program - ✅✅Any form of software that runs on top of the
operating system
Programming Language - ✅✅A system of conventions and symbols used to
create instructions for computers, which read through and follow the instructions
in the code (content written using a programming language)
Machine Code - ✅✅A binary system that is made of a series of 1s and 0s. It is
considered the lowest level of programming and is the set of instructions with
which the computer's CPU works directly
Low-level Language - ✅✅A programming language whose code is more similar
to what the computer works with and is less human-readable; it is very specific
and directly manipulates hardware. They are more efficient but harder to use.
Examples: C, C++
High-level Language - ✅✅A programming language whose code has multiple
layers of abstraction (i.e. the code has to be translated into a form that the
computer can understand) and is thus more human-readable. With high-level
languages, one does not directly manipulate the hardware and instead works with
the logic of the program. Examples: FORTRAN, COBOL
Source Code - ✅✅The code that is written by the programmer and is in a form
that can be understood and edited by humans.
Object Code - ✅✅Source code that has been transformed by the computer into
a low-level form that the CPU can understand and work with.
