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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. The oldest high-level language.






20. 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






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






22. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. The most widely used language for business applications






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






49. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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