Object code can be produced by which program or programs?

Concept

Language translators convert programs from one representation into another. A compiler handles high-level source, whereas an assembler handles assembly-language instructions.

Object code is machine-oriented, often relocatable code that a linker can combine before an executable is loaded.

Application

The question asks which translation program can produce object code. A compiler can emit object code from high-level source, and an assembler can emit object code from assembly language.

Contrast

• Operating System manages resources and execution services; it is not a source-language translator.

• only Assembler excludes compiler toolchains that emit object code.

• only Compiler excludes the assembler stage that also produces object modules.

Cross-check

1. High-level source passes through a compiler and can become assembly or object code.

2. Assembly language passes through an assembler and becomes object code.

3. Object modules pass to a linker, which combines them into an executable form.

Therefore, the best answer among the given choices is Compiler or Assembler.