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Programming Languages

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1. a popular high-level language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. The language was originally named OAK and unsuccessfully used for set-top devices but hit it big after being renamed in 1995 and introduced to the World Wide Web. It is a






2. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets






3. A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions- each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.






4. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used






5. The language of the Department of Defense






6. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field






7. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.






8. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable






9. A _________ _________ is a set of print statements or screen-display statements whose output enables a programmer to follow a computer's processing path during execution






10. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL






11. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________






12. Basic command - directory of files: _________






13. a popular compiled high-level language - similar to C but witho bject-oriented features (classes) generic programming (templates) and exception handlingwith - developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1985 at Bell Labs






14. The most widely used language for business applications






15. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.






16. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____






17. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations






18. The most basic type of programming language - immediately executable instructions and making efficient use of computer storage. Manipulation of individual bits by instruction. Not easy in design or writing






19. It was developed in 1959 - is especially wordy (just as C and Perl are characterized as terse). The vast majority of Year 2000 problems involved programs written in this language.






20. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run






21. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.






22. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required






23. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.






24. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages






25. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






26. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.






27. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






28. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






29. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.






30. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________






31. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.






32. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements






33. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design






34. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly






35. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.






36. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python






37. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________






38. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program






39. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address






40. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment






41. The purpose of ___________ language is to condense machine code instructions into simpler instructions. Its disadvantage is that it is machine dependent. It is not immediately executable.






42. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding






43. It is a high-level and highly standardized language that remains very "close to the hardware" and allows the programmer to perform useful fast and dangerous tricks.






44. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.






45. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name






46. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code






47. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address






48. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment






49. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc






50. Programming paradigm that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. Regex or logic programming or functional programming or xslt or svg