(a)

Select the only best answer. The function of the symbolic assembler is to.

Select one:

a. translate the symbols for instructions into binary bit sequences

b. generate assembly language

c. optimize machine language code

d. provide high level level language abstraction for programmers

(b) A programming language developed in the 1950's for business data processing.

(c) A program that translates or implements a computation specified in an abstract form into the detailed form needed for execution on a computer is called a: