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Programming Languages
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1. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name
Pascal
Lisp
identification
operation code
2. 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.
syntax
assembly
4GL
high level language
3. 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.
assembler
X
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
4GL
4. A program written in a high-level language.
interpreter
LISP (LISt Processing)
source program
operation code
5. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
expression
6. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format
IFPS
postfix
EBDIC
Ada
7. 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.
identification
PL/1
assembly language
PL/1
8. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL
Pascal
assembler
operation code
name
9. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.
scripting
interpreter
syntax
Y
10. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run
PL/1
EBDIC
interpreter
compiler
11. 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
Pascal
PL/1
Java
runtime
12. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications
EBDIC
declarative
identification
PL/1
13. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.
expression
memory
Job Control Language
PL/1
14. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design
ALGOL
postfix
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
assembly
15. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly
data
operand
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
syntax
16. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program
source program
2GL
object program
Pascal
17. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________
RPG
operation code
object program
name
18. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.
pseudocode
declarative
high level language
identification
19. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python
PL/1
3GL
identification
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
20. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________
Ada
operation code
ALGOL
compiler
21. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities
scripting
PL/1
operand
syntax
22. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.
FILES
assembly
pseudocode
scripting
23. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address
identification
register number
Pascal
memory
24. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc
Ada
imperative
operand
FORTRAN
25. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment
machine
data
high level language
identification
26. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding
identification
C++
object program
BASIC
27. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field
Java
EBDIC
data
label
28. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.
runtime
LISP (LISt Processing)
Ada
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
29. 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
declarative
environment
machine
Z
30. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________
X
Z
operation code
FILES
31. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.
operation code
interpreter
Lisp
trace routine
32. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.
operation code
operation code
COBOL (COmmon Business-Oriented Language)
expression
33. The language of the Department of Defense
high level language
identification
Ada
1GL
34. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements
IFPS
4GL
Pascal
Lisp
35. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.
2GL
assembly language
operation code
object program
36. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations
Lisp
memory
assembly
Pascal
37. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required
interpreter
memory
assembly language
register number
38. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable
syntax
imperative
1GL
2GL
39. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
Pascal
runtime
3GL
40. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment
ALGOL
identification
high level language
COBOL
41. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.
Lisp
EBDIC
2GL
scripting
42. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets
IFPS
Perl (Practical Extraction Report Language)
4GL
scripting
43. Basic command - directory of files: _________
FILES
ALGOL
data
Pascal
44. 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
1GL
machine
COBOL
name
45. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
2GL
assembly language
object program
FORTRAN
46. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used
4GL
compiler
Z
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
47. 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
C++
ALGOL
operation code
identification
48. The oldest high-level language.
Fortran (FORmula TRANslation)
FILES
operation code
environment
49. 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.
memory
C
register number
trace routine
50. 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
trace routine
operand
postfix
PL/1