A student writes a Python program on her school computer. She wants to run the same program at home without installing Python. Which translator should she have used instead?

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A student writes a Python program on her school computer. She wants to run the same program at home without installing Python. Which translator should she have used instead?

Accepted Answer

A compiler, because it produces a standalone executable — A compiler produces a standalone executable file that can be run without the original translator being installed on the target machine. An interpreter requires the interpreter software to be present every time the program runs. An assembler only works with assembly language, not Python. A linker combines object files but does not translate high-level source code.

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An interpreter, because it runs code on any machine

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An assembler, because it converts code to binary directly

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A compiler, because it produces a standalone executable

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A linker, because it combines all required files together

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