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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






16. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






17. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






28. The most widely used language for business applications






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






30. 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.






31. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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