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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






5. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. The most widely used language for business applications






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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