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Programming Languages

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1. The language of the Department of Defense






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






3. 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






4. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






30. 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.






31. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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 purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required






47. 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.






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






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






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






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