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Programming Languages

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






2. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






6. Language used primarily for science applications






7. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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







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