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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






23. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






35. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






38. The language of the Department of Defense






39. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






41. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






43. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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