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Simulating low-level instructions

Computer Studies · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Act as a tiny CPU: LOAD, ADD, SUB, STORE, PRINT, END. See why high-level languages were invented.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Programming terminology and the levels of language
  2. The evolution of programming languages, and paradigms
  3. A program versus a programming language
  4. Source code and machine code
  5. Syntax: the grammar of a language
  6. Compilers: translate the whole program first
  7. Interpreters: translate and run together
  8. The IDE and the software development lifecycle
  9. Algorithms: the thinking before a language
  10. Pseudocode: false code anyone can read
  11. Flowcharts: logic as a picture
  12. High-level languages and portability
  13. Paradigms in the apps you already use
  14. Simulating low-level instructions