<s>
A	O
translator	B-Application
or	O
programming	B-Application
language	I-Application
processor	I-Application
is	O
a	O
generic	O
term	O
that	O
can	O
refer	O
to	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
,	O
assembler	B-Language
,	O
or	O
interpreteranything	O
that	O
converts	O
code	O
from	O
one	O
computer	O
language	O
into	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
translations	O
between	O
high-level	B-Language
and	O
human-readable	O
computer	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
intermediate-level	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Java	B-Language
bytecode	I-Language
,	O
low-level	B-Language
languages	I-Language
such	O
as	O
the	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
and	O
between	O
similar	O
levels	O
of	O
language	O
on	O
different	O
computing	B-Device
platforms	I-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
from	O
any	O
of	O
these	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
of	O
these	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
translators	B-Application
between	O
software	O
implementations	O
and	O
hardware/ASIC	O
microchip	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
software	O
descriptions	O
of	O
a	O
microchip	O
to	O
the	O
logic	O
gates	O
needed	O
to	O
build	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
widely	O
used	O
types	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
language	I-Application
translators	I-Application
include	O
interpreters	B-Application
,	O
compilers	B-Language
and	O
decompilers	B-Application
,	O
assemblers	B-Language
and	O
disassemblers	O
.	O
</s>
