47. Pearson Edexcel GCSE (1CP2) Topic 3B Different languages

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EDEXCEL 1CP2 Specification Reference - Topic 3B: 3.2.1 - 3.3.2

In this video we take a brief look at the history of programming. We examine the differences between low level languages such as Assembly, and high level languages such as Python. We consider the uses of each of these different types of languages.

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00:00 Different languages
00:07 Intro
00:12 The dawn of computer science
01:04 Punch tape machine loading a program into a computer
01:19 Assembly language: low-level
02:17 Short code: the first ever high-level language
02:49 Source code: high-level
03:48 Recap
05:20 Outro

Last updated: 30.07.25

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