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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






7. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






10. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






43. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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