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Programming Languages

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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






14. The language of the Department of Defense






15. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






18. Basic command - directory of files: _________






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. The oldest high-level language.






32. 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






33. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






40. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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