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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






5. Language used primarily for science applications






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format