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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Language used primarily for science applications






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






12. 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






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






14. 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.






15. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






43. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






49. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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