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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The language of the Department of Defense






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






22. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






32. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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