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Programming Languages

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






2. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






8. The language of the Department of Defense






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






22. Language used primarily for science applications






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 symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations






25. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.






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






32. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






50. 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.