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Programming Languages

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






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






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. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






14. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.






15. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.






16. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






20. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






37. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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