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Programming Languages

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1. 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.






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






3. 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






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






5. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. The most widely used language for business applications






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. The oldest high-level language.






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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