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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. It is a high-level and highly standardized language that remains very "close to the hardware" and allows the programmer to perform useful fast and dangerous tricks.






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






18. Basic command - directory of files: _________






19. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The language of the Department of Defense






32. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






35. Language used primarily for science applications






36. 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






37. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






48. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






50. 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