ITPEC IP October 2021 Question 6

Source exam: ITPEC IP October 2021Topic: Software

ITPEC IP October 2021 — Question 6 of 100

Human-readable programming instructions are source code. A programmer writes source code in a programming language, after which a compiler or interpreter translates or executes it in a form the computer can process.

Answer (b)

Why not others:
- a PIN is a personal authentication number

- binary code is represented using binary digits and may refer to machine-level data

- a character code maps characters to numeric values, such as ASCII or Unicode encodings

Key rule: The original program text written by a developer is source code.

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