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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






12. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






24. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






39. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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