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Programming Languages

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1. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






2. The oldest high-level language.






3. Language used primarily for science applications






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






9. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Basic command - directory of files: _________