A program called a compiler, or sometimes an assembler (depending on the programming language) does this for you. You write the source code, then invoke the program that will convert this into machine language.
A preprocessing directive is a directive that programmers can write into their code to make the compiler do something when compiling the source code to machine code. It will not actually become machine code but rather change the source code before it is sent to the compiler.
A preprocessing directive is a directive that programmers can write into their code to make the compiler do something when compiling the source code to machine code. It will not actually become machine code but rather change the source code before it is sent to the compiler.
No, they are two different things, source code is human-readable and machine code is machine-readable (though it can be represented in assembly)
A compiler converts high-level source code into native machine. In the case of Java, source code is compiled to Java byte code suitable for interpretation by the Java virtual machine which produces the machine code.
An Assembler converts an assembly language source code into machine-specific code.
Is called machine code
The compiler translates source code into machine code. As opposed to java, this is a machine specific operation.
It coverts your source code into machine code so the computer can execute it.
You cannot. Object code files are machine code files that have yet to be linked. There is no way to convert object code back to its original source code.
In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.In Visual BASIC and other languages, source code refers to the code that you actually type when you are writing a program. Computers convert this code to machine code in order to be able to run the program.
They are the same thing. Every machine type has its own version of machine code, the native language of the machine (native machine code). All high-level code must be converted to native machine code before it can execute. Machine code is machine dependent but high-level code is generally machine-independent, thus the same source code can generally be converted to suit any type of machine using a suitable compiler or interpreter.
No. Computers do not convert program source code into machine code, period. That job is the responsibility of another piece of software, known as the interpreter or compiler, a machine code program which effectively tells the computer how to perform the translation from source code to machine code. The computer cannot do this job by itself as computers only understand machine code and nothing else. An interpreter simply converts each statement of source code into the equivalent machine code and executes it, one statement at a time. This is extremely slow because subroutines that are called many times must be translated each time they are called, for instance. Thus the source code must always be executed within the interpreter software. A compiler, on the other hand, converts the entire source program into object code which can then be linked to produce the required machine code. Once linked, the machine code will execute without any further interpretation, and is therefore known as a standalone executable.