Instructions That Tell a Computer How to Carry Out Processing

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Short Answer

Instructions that tell a computer how to carry out processing tasks are referred to as a computer _______.

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Definitions:

Compile Time

The phase in which a program's source code is converted into executable code by a compiler, before the program is run.

Execution Time

The total time required for a computer program or specific block of code to complete execution.

Multiple Inheritance

A feature of some object-oriented programming languages in which a class can inherit behaviors and attributes from more than one parent class.

Polymorphic Reference

A reference variable in object-oriented programming that can refer to objects of different classes at different times during the execution of a program.