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Programming Languages, Translators and Software Design

10th Grade · Technology · UK GCSE

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Understand the software design process, distinguish between high-level and low-level languages, and explain how translators convert source code.

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Learning standards covered

gbCS-14General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th Grade

Understand characteristics and purpose of different levels of programming language, including low-level language

gbCS-10General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th Grade

Understand characteristics of systems architectures, including CPU architecture, the role of CPU components in the fetch-execute cycle, main and contemporary secondary storage, data capacity, hardware components and embedded systems