Portability

You can practically compile the same C++ code in almost any type of computer and operating system without making changes. C++ is one of the most used and ported to different platforms programming language.

Brevity

Code written in C++ is very short in comparison with other languages, since the use of special characters is preferred before key words, saving effort (and prolonging the life of our keyboards).

Modular programming

An application’s body in C++ can be made up of several source code files that are compiled separately and then linked together. Saving time since it is not needed to recompile the complete application when making a single change but only the file that contains it. In addition, this characteristic allows to link C++ code produced in other languages like Assembler or C.

C Compatibility

Any code written in C can easily be included in a C++ program without making changes.

Speed

The resulting code from a C++ compilation is very efficient, due indeed to its duality as high-level and low-level language and to the reduced size of the language itself.

 

The words to the text:

to gather собирать

successor преемник

specificity специфичность

therefore поэтому, следовательно

to implement выполнять

array множество

manual справочник, руководство

to incorporate присоединять

sequence ряд

reusability повторное использование

brevity краткость

to link связывать, соединять

to contain содержать

duality двойственность

 

Look through the text and find equivalents to the terms.

 

концепции структурного программирования

непосредственно повлиял

решать обычные задачи

приспособленный к особенностям конкретной машины

способность портативности

коммерческая публикация

наиболее примечательные

с точки зрения

не делая изменений

по сравнению с

может быть легко включен

 

Choose the definitions to the terms.

 

central processing unit (CPU) A type of computer system, e.g. IBM PCs and compatibles,

Macintosh computers.

 

to edit To start up a computer.

 

platform The smallest element of a display surface. It is white if

the bit is 0, and black if the bit is 1. In colour monitors,

it can represent various bits.

 

word processor The ‘brain’ of the computer. Its function is to execute

programs stored in the main memory by fetching their

instructions, examining them and then executing them

one after another.

 

pixel To make changes and corrections to text and graphics.

 

to boot An application that manipulates text and produces

documents suitable for printing.