• describe compiler
• describe interpreter
• define object code program
• describe the analysis - synthesis model
• state the four stages of front-end analysis (Lie So Shitty iew)
• describe lexical analysis
• define lexeme
• describe tokenisation process
• define symbol table
• describe what is meant by syntax analysis
• describe what happens to errors checked in this stage.
• describe what is meant by code generation
• describe what is meant by optimisation
• describe what is meant by RPN
• explain why compilers make use of RPN
• explain how expressions are evaluated using a stack
• describe postfix notation
• define BNF notation
• describe the BNF
• state the two types of statements