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Programming Languages

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






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






3. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The language of the Department of Defense






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






20. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






26. 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






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






28. Basic command - directory of files: _________






29. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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