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Computer Software | Week 14 Topics1 Quiz
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Operating System | Week 29 Topics1 Quiz
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Computer Memory: Primary And Secondary Memory | Week 35 Topics1 Quiz
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Computer Memory II: Secondary Memory (Backing Storage) | Week 42 Topics1 Quiz
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Number System I | Week 54 Topics1 Quiz
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Number System II | Week 63 Topics1 Quiz
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Units of Storage In Computer | Week 72 Topics1 Quiz
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Problem Solving Skills With Computer | Week 85 Topics1 Quiz
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Computer Programming Languages | Week 93 Topics1 Quiz
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What are Translators?
Translators are used for translating or converting, any input to the computer, into strings of bits so that it can become meaningful to the computer.
Translators can take the form of:
a. Compiler: This undertakes the translation of the whole program into a machine-readable form.
b. Interpreter: This translates the instruction to the program line by line.
c. Assembler: This handles programs written in a low-level language.
Translators are used in writing other software and computer programs. For example:
FORTRAN: Formula Translation.
COBOL: Commercial Business Oriented Language.
BASIC: Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
What are Utility Programs?
These are the system programs that assist the user of the computer, to efficiently use the available hardware resources, like the operating system.
Utility programs also come with the system and are used to perform the following functions: file copying, sorting, deletion, creation, updating, etc.
