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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






24. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






25. The oldest high-level language.






26. 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






27. Basic command - directory of files: _________






28. 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






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






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






31. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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