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Digital Literacy Computer Basics Computer Languages Fundamentals of Computer Languages

Mark Winter
Mark Winter
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can you help?

I just cant figure out what is the answer, can you help me out?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Which question is giving you trouble?

This quiz has 4 questions.

Mark Winter
Mark Winter
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Machine code runs very ________ (quickly, slowly) and has a much ________ (bigger, smaller) memory footprint than a higher-level language.

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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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I'm also unsure of which particular question is giving you trouble, but at least two of them revolve around the same idea. High-level programming languages and low-level programming languages. High-level in this sense doesn't mean "more difficult" and the inverse is true for "low-level". When we use these terms we think in terms of the computer hardware/architecture. Lower level languages are closer to what the hardware can understand and humans can't. Higher-level languages are closer to what humans can understand. I hope these hints might help! :sparkles:

Mark Winter
Mark Winter
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I have updated the question.

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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I am sorry that the hints weren't enough. Machine code (very low-level language) runs very quickly and has a smaller memory footprint than a high-level language. :smiley: