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Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called _________.

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Mnemonics
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Symbolic code
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Op-code
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is C Symbolic code

Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called Symbolic code.

Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning. Codes can be divided into two categories – technical and symbolic. Technical codes are all the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text, for example the camera work in a film. Symbolic codes show what is beneath the surface of what we see.

BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Originally designed as an interactive mainframe timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963, it became widely used on personal computers everywhere.


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