Computer Science GCSE
Human readability and maintainability
What Human readability and maintainability means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Human readability and maintainability
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Reference: OCR
High-level languages use English-like keywords and abstractions such as variables, loops and functions, making programs easier for humans to read, write and maintain.
Topics that use Human readability and maintainability
- Languages (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Compiler
- Error reporting and debugging
- Execution speed versus development speed
- Hardware control and performance
- Interpreter
- Portability across platforms
- Translator
- Abstraction from hardware
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