Algorithms are a
step by step list of instructions designed to address a problem.
Interpreter interpreters
a high level programming language. A python interpreter does it line by
line. It interpretes the high level programming language to a machine or
object language so that the machine executes it.
Compiler translates
a program completely before the program starts running.
So an interpreter does the translation bit by bit (one line at a time)
where as the compiler does it completely before the program even executes.
Program is a
collection of instructions that performs a specific task when executed by
a computer.
Bugs are programming errors
Debugging is the
process of tracking and correcting bugs.
Syntax is the
structure or grammar of a program
Syntax errors structural defects in the code. (missing colon,
comma or incorrect indentation)
Runtime errors (exception) structural defects in the code which can only be
identified during runtime. These are more of a logical fallacy than
structural fallacy.
Semantic errors are those where a program does something other than
the reason for its creation. ex: a program should produce the
addition of 2 numbers but it produces the multiplication of 2
numbers.
source code is
any collection of computer instructions written in a human readable
programming language.
object code (executable) is a sequence of statements or instructions
in a computer language, usually a machine code language (ex:
binary - zeros and ones). This is how a computer or machine understands.
Basically
Byte code is an intermediate language between source and
object code.
The code or lines of code that you typed is source code. Then a compiler
or assembler converts it into a byte code before converting it into object
code which can then be fed to the machine.
Operators are special tokens that represent mathematical functions such as addition (+), multiplication (*). 1+2 In the above line 1, 2 are operands. + symbol is the operator.
