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Programming Languages

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






2. 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






3. Language used primarily for science applications






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. The most widely used language for business applications






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






28. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






46. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






49. The oldest high-level language.






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