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A translator or programming language processor is a generic term that can refer to a compiler, assembler, or interpreter—anything that converts code from one computer language into another.[1][2] These include translations between high-level and human-readable computer languages such as C++ and [[Java (programming language)|Jassv hshwe aej hello etween similar levels of language on different computing platforms, as well as from any of these to any other of these.[1] The term is also used for translators between software implementations and hardware/ASIC microchip implementations of the same program, and from software descriptions of a microchip to the logic gates needed to build it.[citation needed]
Examples of widely used types of computer language translators include interpreters, compilers and decompilers, assemblers and disassemblers.[3]
See also
- Binary translator (binary-to-binary, typically code)
- Assembly language translator (low-level source-to-source, code)
- Source-to-source translator (high-level source-to-source, code)
- Rewriter (source-to-source, typically code)
- File converter (binary-to-binary, typically data)
- Transcoder (binary-to-binary, data)
References
- ^ a b Thornton, Scott (2017-02-17). "What are compilers, translators, interpreters, and assemblers?". MicrocontrollerTips. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Translators And Utilities For Program Development". Software Handbook (PDF). Intel Corporation. 1984 [1983]. p. 3-1. 230786-001. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ Schuerer, Katja; Letondal, Catherine; Deveaud, Eric (2008-02-04) [2003-01-06]. "Chapter 5. Program execution, Section 5.2. Interpreter and Compiler". Introduction to Programming using Python - Programming Course for Biologists at the Pasteur Institute. Pasteur Institute. pp. 37–40. Archived from the original on 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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Further reading
- Calingaert, Peter (1979) [1978-11-05]. Written at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Horowitz, Ellis (ed.). Assemblers, Compilers, and Program Translation. Computer software engineering series (1st printing, 1st ed.). Potomac, Maryland, USA: Computer Science Press, Inc. ISBN 0-914894-23-4. ISSN 0888-2088. LCCN 78-21905. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-20. (2+xiv+270+6 pages)
- Pring-Mill, David (2018-03-04). "Why Hasn't AI Mastered Language Translation?". Singularity Hub. Singularity University. Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- Edwards, Stephen A. (Fall 2013). "Language processors" (PDF). Columbia University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- Tucker, Allen; Belford, Geneva G. "Computer science". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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