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Programming Languages

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1. 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






2. The oldest high-level language.






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






4. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






27. 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






28. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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