Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Computer Science practice

Which statement correctly describes a difference between high-level and low-level programming languages?

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Which statement correctly describes a difference between high-level and low-level programming languages?.

A.High-level languages are always faster to execute than low-level languages.
B.Low-level languages are translated by interpreters, while high-level languages are translated by compilers.
C.High-level languages are generally more portable across different hardware platforms than low-level languages.
D.Low-level languages require less memory to store the source code than high-level languages.

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