In the repair workshop of a drone company, an engineer finds a file containing the instruction STORE R3, 12. The engineer explains that the drone processor ...
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In the repair workshop of a drone company, an engineer finds a file containing the instruction STORE R3, 12. The engineer explains that the drone processor cannot execute this text until a translator has been used. The replacement processor has a different instruction set from the original drone.
(a) State the classification of the language in the file. [1]
(b) Give the name of the translator needed. [1]
(c) State why the translated file for the original drone cannot be used unchanged on the replacement processor. [1]
(d) Give one benefit of using mnemonics such as STORE. [1]
Answer Details
(a) STORE R3, 12 is assembly language [1].
(b) It needs an assembler [1].
(c) The translated file for the original drone cannot be used unchanged because the processors have different machine-code instruction sets [1].
(d) Mnemonics such as STORE are easier for a human to read and remember than binary [1].
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