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Explain briefly about, processor, assembler, compiler, loader, linker and the functions executed by them.

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Explain briefly about, processor, assembler, compiler, loader, linker and the functions executed by them.

posted May 12, 2016 by Hasan Raza

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Processor- A processor is the part a computer system that executes instructions .
Assembler -An assembler is a program that takes basic computer instructions and converts them into a pattern of bits(Assembly Language) that the computer's processor can use to perform its basic operations.
Compiler-A compiler is a special program that processes statements written in a particular programming language and turns them into machine language. Or translate them from high level language to low level language.
Loader- A loader is a component that locates a given program in secondary memory, loads it into main memory.
Linker-Linker performs the linking of libraries with the object code to make the object code into an executable machine code.

answer May 23, 2016 by Shivam Kumar Pandey
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