Question

this quiz will assess your understanding of the assigned reading. quizzes are intended to be formative assessment assignments that help you understand the material as you are learning. therefore, you can retake quizzes over technology in action chapters, and only your highest score will be recorded in the grade book. be aware that you will not be allowed multiple attempts on the unit exam and final exam that each include questions over this chapter. question 9 2 pts an example of a first - generation language is ________. basic machine language cobol assembly language

Explanation:

First - generation languages are machine languages. Machine language is the lowest - level programming language, consisting of binary code (0s and 1s) that the computer's hardware can directly execute. BASIC is a high - level programming language (usually considered third - generation in some categorizations). COBOL is also a high - level programming language (second - generation in some traditional views, but more accurately a high - level language). Assembly language is a second - generation language as it uses mnemonics to represent machine - language instructions.

Answer:

machine language