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Programming Languages

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






19. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. The oldest high-level language.






26. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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






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






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