High-Level Language Low-Level Language
Compiler Interpreter
Assembly Language Machine Language
Abstraction Portability

 

A programming language that is closer to machine language and is harder to understand and use compared to high-level languages. A programming language that is closer to human language and is easier to understand and use compared to low-level languages.
A program that directly executes high-level language code without prior translation into machine code. A program that translates high-level language code into low-level machine code.
The lowest-level programming language consisting of binary code that can be directly executed by a computer's CPU. A low-level programming language that uses mnemonics to represent machine instructions.
The ability of a program written in a high-level language to run on different computer systems without modification. The process of simplifying complex systems by hiding unnecessary details in high-level languages.

 

Efficiency Readability

 

The quality of code written in a high-level language that is easy to understand and maintain. The measure of how well a program written in a low-level language utilizes computer resources.