Flexible tools

Programming Languages

make a flowchart of the program

plan the solution to the mathematical problem

Debugging

spoken English

natural language

to understand directly

Machine code

Binary code

Symbolic language

to communicate instructions to the computer

use forms resembling English

assembly languages

represent instructions

A piece of software

closer to the hardware

restricted to particular machines

Overcome the problem of intercommunication

to design/develop languages

Software developers

scientific, engineering, business, visual applications

mainly used

widely used

to build graphical elements

To teach the fundamentals of programming

System software

Incorporate object-oriented programming

Concentrate on

Alter (without changing the entire program)

graphics format

Easy to modify

to rework

Run on the Web

Provide animation and interactive features on web-pages

Compiler

Interpreter

Source code

Object code

Convert the entire program (...) in one go

line by line

markup language

markup tags

format and link text files

displayed on web-pages

Constrained by a (fixed) pre-defined set of tags

make content accessible via voice and phone

Accessible via feature of speech recognition

run on the phone

Interact with

pre-recorded

to do a specific task

configure the layout

to generate an object program

Malfunction

directly execute

can be used as the foundation of others

run automatically within a web page

access voice-equipped websites

spoken instructions

define the purpose of the program

successive logical steps

use special tools to detect bugs

Run smoothly

bug fixing

to prepare program documentation

Maintenance program

to publish an updated version

sophisticated

surf the Internet

a new breed of voice service

pop up all over the place

toll-free phone number

gone live or are testing their systems

launches are all happening because crucial technologies have come of age

to be trained to a specific voice

voice services

become a substitute for

call up

conventional

specially composed for

an auxiliary program

Enables web browsers to support new content

work/run on any operating system (platform)

can be used as the foundation of others

Computing platforms

single(multi)-threaded

to write applets

select options

eliminate/diagnose possible errors

extension

processing independently and continuously

to make the best use of available CPU power

special properties

real-time video

flexible tools

Дата добавления: 2015-11-16