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Programming Languages

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. The oldest high-level language.






8. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






12. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities






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






14. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code






15. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________






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






17. A program written in a high-level language.






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






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






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






21. The language of the Department of Defense






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






23. It is a high-level compiled language built upon ALGOL. It is best known for its emphasis on structured programming techniques and strong typing; because of this it was extremely popular as a teaching language in the 1980s and early 1990s though it wa






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






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






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






27. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________






28. 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






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






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






31. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






32. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.






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






34. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Basic command - directory of files: _________






44. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.






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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field






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






50. 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