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Programming Languages

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






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.






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.






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






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






6. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field






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






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 the symbol for an index register is _________






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






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






33. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






39. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






43. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






48. The oldest high-level language.






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.






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