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Programming Languages

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






2. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






4. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






31. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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