The table contains four statements about programming languages.
Tick (✓) one box in each row to identify whether the statement describes or is a characteristic of a Low-level language or a High-level language.
| Statement | Low-level language | High-level language |
|---|---|---|
| It requires an assembler to translate mnemonic instructions into executable binary machine code. | ||
| It allows programmers to use complex, abstract data structures, such as objects and dynamic arrays, without managing memory allocation manually. | ||
| It is highly machine-specific, meaning a program written for one type of processor architecture will not run on a different architecture. | ||
It uses English-like keywords (such as while, if, class) and mathematical notation to express logic. |
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