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Programming Languages

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1. 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






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






3. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. The most widely used language for business applications






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






12. 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






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






14. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. The oldest high-level language.






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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