Computer Science GCSE
Interpreter
What Interpreter means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Interpreter
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Reference: OCR
Translates and executes source code line by line, which helps with debugging because errors are reported as they are encountered.
Translates and executes the source one statement at a time, so it stops at the first error it meets and reports it immediately.
Topics that use Interpreter
- Languages (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Compiler
- Error reporting and debugging
- Execution speed versus development speed
- Hardware control and performance
- Human readability and maintainability
- Portability across platforms
- Translator
- Abstraction from hardware
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