48. Pearson Edexcel GCSE (1CP2) Topic 3B Characteristics of compilers and interpreters

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

This video explains the differences between compilers and interpreters when it comes to translating high level code. They both convert programmers code into binary machine code, but there are advantages and disadvantages to each approach for the user and the execution of the program.

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00:00 Characteristics of compilers and interpreters
00:07 Intro
00:12 Compilers and interpreters
01:04 Compilers
01:52 Interpreters
03:13 Recap
04:58 Outro

Last updated: 30.07.25

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