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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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






23. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






24. Basic command - directory of files: _________






25. 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.






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






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






29. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






49. 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.






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