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Programming Languages

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Basic command - directory of files: _________






18. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. The most widely used language for business applications






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






31. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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