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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






10. Basic command - directory of files: _________






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The most widely used language for business applications






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






39. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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